Intentional Dissonance -
A story about an addiction to Sadness. From the author of the popular blog, `I Wrote This For You.`
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Friday, 8 December 2017
quote [ But whatever it is, some are more committed to it than ever.
It’s a local issue gone international——and one that could threaten the cohesion of the European Union. If Catalonia breaks away, would Italy’s wealthy northern Lombardy and Veneto regions aim to follow? Or the Flemish parts of Belgium? Or the French island of Corsica, where a nationalist coalition just won 45 percent of the vote in the first round of regional elections? And yet—the way some supporters of Catalan independence see it—the European Union is a product of the post-nation state world, so why not let Europe embrace regions, not just central governments? ] If Spain comes apart, why not the rest of Europe? Or the Americas?
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norok said @ 6:58pm GMT on 8th December
With fragmented nation states comes conflict; but also multiple experiments in culture, government, and economics. One can tie the success of the United States and that of Europe back to these divergences.
The European Union, a technocracy, is not serving the diversity of Europe. If a cohesive people want to forge their own destiny it should be their right.
norok said @ 6:59pm GMT on 8th December
With fragmented nation states comes conflict; but also multiple experiments in culture, government, and economics. One can tie the successes (and Civil wars) of the United States and Europe back to these divergences.
The European Union, a technocracy, is not serving the diversity of Europe. If a cohesive people want to forge their own destiny it should be their right.
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norok said @ 6:58pm GMT on 8th December
With fragmented nation states comes conflict; but also multiple experiments in culture, government, and economics. One can tie the successes (and Civil wars) of the United States and Europe back to these divergences.
The European Union, a technocracy, is not serving the diversity of Europe. If a cohesive people want to forge their own destiny it should be their right.
