Comments by "리주민" (@user-nf9xc7ww7m) on "A Federal Europe? The Party Trying to Unite Europe Further - TLDR News" video.

@IONATVS One must also look at weak federalism vs strong federalism. A key is are the governors (state/provincial heads of state) elected/appointed by the national govt (strong federalism) or the state govt (weak federalism).
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@Danarogon I remember how prosperous New York was before it joined the United States and before giving up its sovereign currency. ...and how the US turned its member states into vassals. 😉🇺🇲🇪🇺
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It would be interesting to see a more federal EU. Just as the us breaking up would harm the global economy and themselves, so too would the EU breaking up. Perhaps the EU needs a Shay's rebellion to actually create a federation like it did in 1787 US (previously a confederation). The other thing to look at is a compromise: libertarian-style minimalist govt (preferably regional, national, and EU wide). An EU that can only handle immigration quotas/border protection, monetary & fiscal policy (we've seen what happens without), and self-defence (Japanese-style article 9). Nations could handle culture & tourism promotion, zoning guides to keep the national look, and incorporation of businesses. Local govt could implement the zoning guides, education, and healthcare. As for other non-criminal(?) laws we have now, business associations and unions would need to negotiate for 3-5 year contracts on policies (some done by govt now) and could do so EU-wide as those contracts would only apply to the businesses and their workers.
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Many geography textbooks will disagree with you.
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I wouldn't be surprised (and 99% sure) that foreign countries have led the effort to oppose further European integration as it would harm the economic self interests of mainly the US, Russia, and China.
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@b.malinowski302 In the us, you can vote for sheriff (county police chief)...all I've seen is not more accountability but more politicising of law enforcement.
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Texans had national pride and are proud people. They still joined the US out of necessity (hostilities with Mexico and bankruptcy). Now Texans are still proud people with state pride.
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@Molhedim Isnt the US currently seeing the involvement in stabilising a nation come to fruition (Afghanistan)? It may have seemed that the us could do it after ww2, but japan already had a parliamentary democracy pre-war (though more UK in style as they had nobility in the upper house) and so did Germany (and actually the allies in ww1 caused the situation that destabilised post ww1 germany leading to the rise of you know who). There also weren't rebels/terrorists running around the country hiding out in Poland and Korea, respectively, trying to enact Lutheran extremism or Shinto extremism, respectively.
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@deanromania6748 Nationalist says what?
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@IONATVS Iirc, Russia and India, which are both federations, have the national govt appoint the state/regional governors.
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It would be interesting to see. Just as the us breaking up would harm the global economy and themselves, so too would the EU breaking up. Perhaps the EU needs a Shay's rebellion to actually create a federation like it did in 1787 US (previously a confederation). The other thing to look at is a compromise: libertarian-style minimalist govt (preferably regional, national, and EU wide). An EU that can only handle immigration quotas/border protection, monetary & fiscal policy (we've seen what happens without), and self-defence (Japanese-style article 9). Nations could handle culture & tourism promotion, zoning guides to keep the national look, and incorporation of businesses. Local govt could implement the zoning guides, education, and healthcare. As for other non-criminal(?) laws we have now, business associations and unions would need to negotiate for 3-5 year contracts on policies (some done by govt now) and could do so EU-wide as those contracts would only apply to the businesses and their workers.
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@deanromania6748 Who's Japanese? 🙃
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I wonder how the UN would function if each nations ambassador was like an MWP (member of the world parliament) and directly-elected. Keep everything else the same and that would still be much more democratic at the UN level.. thst and eliminating the p5 of the Security council and its absolute veto of the world by one nation.
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