That's stupid, though. I mean, the EU has taken Schengen and the trade area pretty far, but you can't go much further unless you start aligning national standards. You know, the actual legislation the EU does mostly. Harmonization.
Sometimes I'd like to slap some sense into them. And whenever they can't explain how they'd like to accomplish their fairy tale pony land, I'd like fucking John Cena to come along and dropkick them.
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Chauvinist? Isn't that like... sexist stuff? I may have to actually look up the definition for the word after having ignored it for decades.
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The far right never has any policy aside from "scare everyone into voting you" scheme. Climate change doesn't work for the far-right, because everyone's already scared. Including the big parties. The far-right always exploits or invents threats that haven't been there before. And they are the only ones that have realised it and of course the only ones with a solution.
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Hmm, I understand... so in that context, nationalism seems sensible. Unfortunately, the term was pretty much robbed by the far-right.
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Today, you may argue that there is little difference and chauvinism is really just nationalism on steroids.
But classical nationalism used to be a positive force. It fueled the German and Italian reunifications and several movements for ethnic self-government or even just cultural awakening, so to speak, in 19th century Europe. Nationalism in that sense is the desire to improve or lift up one's nation - not necessarily at the expense of others (though in practice it tends to manifest that way). As an example, the movement to have Hungarian translations - and worthy ones at that - for all of Shakespeare's works was borne of nationalism, to prove that Hungarian is not just a language for peasants in a backwater province of the Habsburgs.
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wonder how it will be sold in UK they will miss the opportunity on purpose.
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and page 1000 of the saga arrived. >4 months to go unless a miracle or desaster happens
Raab's plan of shutting down parliament to push through a no deal has been ripped apart by Bercow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48541352
Well, nationalism is a necessary step to form nations. The trick is to stop there.
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That's what I'm talking about.
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And the EU keeps knitting its net of economic allies. How does nobody notice that the EU is turning itself into quite the giant trade hub? Well, good for us, I suppose...
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The UK will find a way to spin it. It includes Argentine. I mean, without having looked at their papers, I wouldn't be surprised if they call the EU traitors and threaten to quit NATO over this. No, I'm not exaggerating. That is the level of stupid Brexiteers entertain.
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One thousand pages, my my how does the time fly. Still no solution fun times.
Early hours but looks like Brexit party have conceded defeat in Peterborough.
https://twitter.com/britainelects/st...46107835490304
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Also in herefordshire Ross North Lib Dem get 75% of the vote
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/s...61727733964802
For a solution, you need to clearly define what the problem is. So far, we still haven't gotten further than "duh, sovereignity!" and "'cos... empire!"
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Are those local elections? Why did we expect the Brexit party to win anything again?
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