Um, no? Foreign Aid, playing World Police, depriving citizens of their constitutional rights? None of those things were implemented by the founders. Those are all modern issues, resulting in a very "Un-American" United States. (Note: America is a super-continent, the United States is the nation which you people are referring to. Please remember basic geography.)
opposing patriotism =/= opposing america
Your poll is a bit loaded
None of the answers in the pole work for me. I'm Faroese, united with Greenland and Denmark in the kingdom of Denmark. Denmark is part of EU.
I'm a proud Faroese, I support the unity of the kingdom and I support EU. I see myself as patriotic still.
I live in a relatively small NJ town that's fairly well-to-do. I avoid New York City like the plague were still a thing in there. I wouldn't know much about public transit even if what you said were true.
Nevertheless, if a place like a public bus needs security, that's one thing. The cameras on your streets are more than a little creepy, though. I mean... you already live in the geographical location of Airstrip One... do you really have to turn your country into it for realsies?
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I'd assume "tough shit" would be the response of the EU government.
First off, America and the United States are used interchangeably in layman's terms.
Secondly, all of those problems can be traced to the Founding. The former two are the progeny of the philosophical tradition that was begun with the creation of the American Republic, the latter is simply the government attempting to deal with the limitations placed on it at the founding (which is NOT a comment on whether or not I support said abrogations).
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No one power within the current EU has the military or economic might to compete with the emerging power blocs in South and East Asia. Consolidation is a necessity.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi
It has been achieved, when the people who want a job can get one, that's full employment for the layman. It's not 100% unemployment because a lot of people rationally don't want to get a job. Both Singapore and Australia (Australia a few months ago) achieved that, and probably more countries, maybe Hong Kong and South Korea?
In the coal mine where i worked 2 years ago the company had to go abroad to recruit people. The fucking Australian Army is paying a ton of money to U.S veterans to emigrate to Australia because they dont' have enough people, submarines docked for lack of people. That's full employment which is not the same as 100% employment.
Honestly? I would agree with you about the cameras if I didn't know they were much better positioned than people let on, most cameras are in two places
A) High Streets
B) High Traffic areas
One stops muggers and violence.
The other stops pricks with terrible driving.
They're not the worst thing to happen really, Cameras are only put in residential areas when voted for by the residents.
Actually the choice would be between submission to the federal government or economic suicide.
Regardless, if your'e referring to nations that are a part of the EU without using the Euro... my response is "I'm not sure what would happen."
Such a government seems to simply be the most recent incarnation of close ties between nations. However these ties tend to be governmental in nature (In this case, in intent as well) and expansion of power is what government does best. I see no future for the EU that doesn't involve a federal union or collapse (Of the EU government, not individual European governments). And consideration the shared currency and dependence on the free trade the Eurozone creates... I don't see collapse being allowed to happen.
I'm no futurist... but if I had to predict a future for the EU it would be America 2.0 with Germany as your New England (Ruling bloc and economic center) and France as your California (Secondary economic powerhouse that finds itself at odds with the former).
The UK stands to gain a lot from investing more energy in the EU. Outside it, it will be reduced to a junior partner of the United States.
As sad as it is, the British Empire is no longer the power it once was. She needs allies with which to work in the modern world, and the EU offers the Alliance with the most input.
Originally Posted by Marjane Satrapi