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Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson
There are problems, but these are problems that if the will was there could be sorted. And in my view doesn't mitigate against the concept of the European Union, which I think is a correct concept.
I'm essentially an internationalist, and we have seen all too frequently in the last century what can happen when countries adopt an insular stance.
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Insular, or expansive. Same results historically.
Russia and Germany, two ends of the political spectrum. Same outcome, mass genocide, much misery all round.
Internationalism doesn't take into account one major flaw. The irrationality of mankind.
Idealism, rather than solving actual problems in the here and now, is fine, but very often when you throw good and bad into the same pot, the result isn't good nor bad, it's just one big mediocre mess. Such as we have now with the E.U.