Re: what's happening in the UK
The thing is, in the US you can travel thousands of miles and still speak English and pay in dollars. In Europe that was never possibile until relatively recently. Travel overland say, to Greece, and you can pass through Belgium or France, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia (as was) and then Greece, and years ago (back in my misspect youth) that meant a different language every time, and changing up loads of different currency. Yes they still have different languages (Greece even has a different alphabet) but they have connections now too, instead of all being quite separate.
Also, the US has never been occupied by a foreign power. Europe has. Several times over. It has learned from that. One of the advantages of the EU in my mind is that because countries have ties binding them together, war is less likely. Yes, really.
Danie Marie has made a series of brilliant posts in this thread. The biggest problem for the UK is that people here have been encourage not to think about Europe in positive terms. Pity.
The thing is, in the US you can travel thousands of miles and still speak English and pay in dollars. In Europe that was never possibile until relatively recently. Travel overland say, to Greece, and you can pass through Belgium or France, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia (as was) and then Greece, and years ago (back in my misspect youth) that meant a different language every time, and changing up loads of different currency. Yes they still have different languages (Greece even has a different alphabet) but they have connections now too, instead of all being quite separate.
Also, the US has never been occupied by a foreign power. Europe has. Several times over. It has learned from that. One of the advantages of the EU in my mind is that because countries have ties binding them together, war is less likely. Yes, really.
Danie Marie has made a series of brilliant posts in this thread. The biggest problem for the UK is that people here have been encourage not to think about Europe in positive terms. Pity.
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