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Roslyn Ross's avatar

Both Napoleon and Hitler came up with the idea of a unified Europe which finally morphed as the European union. Ironic is it not that Germany and France are the drivers of the EU and Germany is in fact its engine room. Most of the rest are 'relatives' out for what they can get.

Like Communism, Capitalism, Religion and many other innately noble concepts invented by humans, the European Union was always going to be flawed into failure for the same reasons the other systems were and are - it failed to take into account human nature and the unique quality of humans as individuals and as cultures and nations.

One size never fits all and anyone who thinks it does or can is deluding themselves.

It seemed like a good idea at the time litters the dross and dregs of human history.

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Diane Kern's avatar

Excellent analysis.

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