Dean_the_Young
March 18th, 2007, 05:47 PM
As many people may have gathered by now, I don't have much faith in the EU as a political entity. Some problems I cite are current policy differences between members, nationalism, and so on.
However, I am ready to admit I may be wrong in my arguments, because it occured to me that there is a nation, well known today, that started as a loose collection of seperate states, each with their own interests and pseudo-nationalism (with a strong leader in different regions). This nation overcame it's seperate interests through gradual integration, a free market, and a common currency. It also kept from splitting by force of arms, and forced unification on states that would rather have left.
Yes, I am talking about the United States of America.
So I ask you, what other parallels are there between the US and EU.
And to make it fit into the Before 1900 section better, could the US have developed as OTL if it had started more like the EU, purely as an economics union?
However, I am ready to admit I may be wrong in my arguments, because it occured to me that there is a nation, well known today, that started as a loose collection of seperate states, each with their own interests and pseudo-nationalism (with a strong leader in different regions). This nation overcame it's seperate interests through gradual integration, a free market, and a common currency. It also kept from splitting by force of arms, and forced unification on states that would rather have left.
Yes, I am talking about the United States of America.
So I ask you, what other parallels are there between the US and EU.
And to make it fit into the Before 1900 section better, could the US have developed as OTL if it had started more like the EU, purely as an economics union?