03-30-2017, 10:03 AM
(03-30-2017, 09:47 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I try to think of the EU as the United States, but these are countries with a 1000 years of history. I get what the British are thinking. I really don't know enough to say if it will be good or bad for them in the long run, but I get it.
Members states of the EU retain more autonomy than our states have, but I get what you're saying. I just always think it's funny what the UK did because they were bitching about all of this when they weren't really beholden to much of the EU oversight. They essentially got to tell other countries what to do in the EU without having to do it themselves because of the power they had.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
