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    Quote Originally Posted by Kalis View Post
    The 1970s were infinitely worse for the nation as a whole.
    The moral of the story here being simply that Britain's ad hoc firetrap of a political system doesn't produce very good governments.

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    Well the yen seems to be doing pretty fucking well.

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    They cannot just leave the rest behind... don't be unfair

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    Quote Originally Posted by Didactic View Post
    'Democracy' and 'civil human being' aren't automatically synonymous.
    I didn't claim they were, nor is my focus even on 'democracy' just the fact that you want to drop the hammer on those who choose to break away from the EU, and thankfully acknowledging for those who'd be in doubt that it'd be the French and Germans who would be looking to do it, since so much of their structure relies on EU integration and them being able to pluck away what they like as they like.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Didactic View Post
    The Clash of Civilizations is not actually a thing.
    Spoken like Kevin Bacon marshalling a parade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stormdash View Post
    Britain managed to be the driving force of the civilized world
    I'm fairly sure they have cities in Syria.

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    Quote Originally Posted by smashorc View Post
    I thought power cuts were boss! I thought huddling round a candle meant we were camping
    Mountain climbing on the bin bags piled up in the streets. Oh what lovely times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flutterguy View Post
    They didn't go all the way and just make a central government overseeing member governments like it is in the US, yes.
    And that is entirely the issue, and the principle reason why the Brexit supporters are full of shit.

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    At least this makes the US dollar look good.
    Time...line? Time isn't made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round. ~ Caboose

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    Quote Originally Posted by Didactic View Post
    I'm fairly sure they have cities in Syria.
    Nothing really to do with what I said. We saw the best of Syria in the mid-50s and 60s when it... well, frankly, was its most British-like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synadrasa View Post
    If only the UK could float their islands over to North America then they could really get on their knees and pucker their lips for the US' giant cock
    That would probably be one of the best possible move. You are implying proximity to the biggest world economy, one that shares more ties with you is a bad thing? Hell im pretty sure if Japan could move geographicaly closer to the USA it would, as would China, it would greatly benefit their economy.

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    Dollar > GBP at the end of the day inc!

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    Quote Originally Posted by apepi View Post
    At least this makes the US dollar look good.
    Which is why oil futures are taking a big shit also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apepi View Post
    At least this makes the US dollar look good.
    The yen is skyrocketing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by damajin View Post
    I didn't claim they were, nor is my focus even on 'democracy' just the fact that you want to drop the hammer on those who choose to break away from the EU
    Again, I'm not sure why should we be anything but hostile to people who enjoy playing with the economy for funsies.

    since so much of their structure relies on EU integration and them being able to pluck away what they like as they like.
    Europe proper will still have its satellite orbit of peripheral markets, don't you worry. Just that Britain seems to be making a dash from the former to the latter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Didactic View Post
    And that is entirely the issue, and the principle reason why the Brexit supporters are full of shit.
    Well, you could say that Brexit supporters don't feel the EU will ever go far enough to make the arrangement truly work(and likely don't want to go that far because muh sovereignty). It's a fair point though. If you look at the power of states in the US now versus when the US was formed, the states are exceptionally weak compared to the federal government now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apepi View Post
    At least this makes the US dollar look good.
    That's like taking your ugly friend with you to a party so you look better. That's mean.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apepi View Post
    At least this makes the US dollar look good.
    my mother bought dollars.. i think this will make them stronger
    Forgive my english, as i'm not a native speaker



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    It's pretty much over now.

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    Vote leave they said, everything will be fine they said.


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