They don’t have the main issue item to worry about, the Euro which could be a complete economic nightmare to undo if they try it. If they do it will more likely be removing the smaller economies that can be run over by ones like Germany’s. The boarders are not too much of an issue in most cases for the stronger countries and common standards between the countries should generally be good.
And for this issue, they are on an island, an indelible part of their history.
I think a lot of southern and eastern European nations joined for the money. Getting access to the richer northern/western countries pockets for their development projects was probably an easy sell.
Very true. As I said, it’s closer to the US under the Articles than the US today under the Constitution. That’s in part why I refer to the EU as an Alliance. They’re not quite to where calling them a confederation would be accurate. They’ve definitely been moving in that direction, but they’re not there yet. And the other issue the EU has is that they have members who are in at different levels, the UK being the obvious key member outlier here, who are not nearly as fully integrated into the union as other members.
Maybe but this does not seem to have much to do with wanting secured borders or having measures to secure the borders.
Ssshhhhhh… Canadians are really Americans, we just let them believe they are their own country.
I just heard Rush talking about that.
And it sells advertising to support Rush’s programming fees.
Well, Europe, even since the Fall of Rome has had more defined borders and cultures. It’d be like if one lived in New York and would need to know another language to go to New Jersey, and that New York and New Jersey had been in dozens of wars against each other in the last 2000 years. And suddenly, it would be like California coming in and saying they need to build a wall to keep people from Vermont and Pennsylvania out.
It means we don’t have to secure our Indiana border from the people of Chicago who are fleeing violence, corruption, and oppressive taxes. People from Illinois may vote for a lot of crooks, but they would not appear much different from Hoosiers. We might recognize that people from Boston or New Orleans talk funny, but not so much that we could not carry on a conversation. People from different regions of the US are perfectly welcome to move to any other state without any kind of permit. That would not be the case even inside some European countries.
Or maybe we’re all really Southern Canadians and they’ve just found a way to exploit us for our consumer goods and resources and keep us out of nicer Northern Canada…Ssshhhhhh… Canadians are really Americans, we just let them believe they are their own country.
When America, in its current form will have existed for 100 generations, there may well be locked borders and visas and all of it.
Nah, it’s that whole King and Queen deal they have going on that they couldn’t give up…God save the Queen!Or maybe we’re all really Southern Canadians and they’ve just found a way to exploit us for our consumer goods and resources and keep us out of nicer Northern Canada…
Half of it’s territory was Nazi controlled and the Vichy controlled area was aligned with the Nazis Both which were in a state of war with the Allies.
Believe it or not, it’s a libertarian mainstay at least of the Libertarian Party itself, open borders but no safety net to help those who do come through the open borders
That last sentence may be new to their platform but I can see the open borders amnesty crowd thinking this is going to far. We may well not have a real grasp on what Europe is dealing with in this.
Ah! You would be talking about hypocrisy. A bit like the ‘citizen militia’ excuse for guns in the U.S, and yet abortions happen!
Just to play counter advocate… the San Bernardino shooter was a woman. And many of these terror groups are utilizing women more and more because they got overlooked by the west (maybe westerners can’t fathom that someone who we see as being so repressed by groups like Daesh, would actually support that lot in life).Ah! You would be talking about hypocrisy. A bit like gun laws in the U.S for the same reason to do with abortion.
Back to the subject: I don’t think this news is that shocking, to be honest. When people don’t know moral from wrong then ignorance and widespread moral illness is a natural occurrence.
I do think it is shocking, however, when self-proclaimed ‘Christians’ jump at the opportunity to oppose poor refugees - a certain U.S politican 1 : 0 Christian Ethics’; fear 1 : 0 love.
Decent border controls don’t have to turn away women and children at the very least. OP, you are correct, as this is totalitarianism in the guise of freedom (IMO).