"The United States is a nation-state with enough of a sense of shared
political community to accept majoritarian democratic rule. Unlike the eurozone.
Germany and France sharing a government? Hard to imagine. Germany and Greece?
Impossible." An excellent point, but the writer seems to ignore the obvious conclusion:
that a common currency cannot exist where political traditions and aims are so
incompatibly diverse. The point about the US - constantly swept under the carpet
- is that for all the foundation state freedoms, no single state (not even the
southern Confederacy) was completely self-governing, racially and linguistically
distinctive and hostile to its neighbours for any length of time - and certainly
not for a millennium. It became a country dominated by the politics and
philosophy of English liberalism and united colloquially by the English
language. The glaring exceptions were weeded out by the Louisiana Purchase
and the wars with Mexico. France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain (for
example) are the five most unlikely candidates for political union
imaginable. The way Greece has been treated is treason. Treason against basic human
rights, treason against the very reason of existence of the EU, treason against
the fathers of Democracy as we (thought to) intend it, treason against any
decent and modern view of society... I am not Greek, but I do sympathize for
them. and if I will be burdened with £20 to help them pay their debts,
well...better reason than pay £300 for a stroll to Parliament, is it?
Shame on all European politicians...but...hey! Where the REAL POLITICIANS are...? all gone fishing, I guess...only profiting gangsters remained...that's why the likes of SNP and UKIP are taking spaces...So, indeed, shame on all of us that defend a society based on money.
I am not Labour, but...welcome Corbyn! You may be able to bring back some common sense here!
Shame on all European politicians...but...hey! Where the REAL POLITICIANS are...? all gone fishing, I guess...only profiting gangsters remained...that's why the likes of SNP and UKIP are taking spaces...So, indeed, shame on all of us that defend a society based on money.
I am not Labour, but...welcome Corbyn! You may be able to bring back some common sense here!
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