Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "Is the European Union a Country?" video.

  1. It would take cooperation between peoples' of different languages and cultures. In general, most of the states of the USA are of the same culture, but even we have our problems. It is better to have a unified nation economically and socially. The question becomes, how do you get it to work... people have suspicions of taking advantage of others or being taken advantage of, jealousies of various resources and geographical locations, etc. And the ultimate difficulty, various local oligarchs enjoy their status as feudal lords, Kings, reigning over their little fiefdoms. Try to make them compete with nationwide oligarchs and that rocks their apple cart and makes them grumpy pants and since they employ or have some standing in their local states they can pass on rumors, conspiracy nuttery, various laws, gerrymander districts, and other propaganda to have their peasants fight for them, often against the peasants own interests. EU has to get through all that, plus cultural differences in language, religions, customs, etc. When Obama won for the 2nd time, an extreme minority of Texans wanted to split from the US. When Trump won, an extreme minority of California want to split from the US. We've already had one civil war over the subject. And we currently have some laws that many states are ignoring altogether, and some states with state laws that are beyond their limits as a state such as laws touching on diplomacy with various boarder nations. We're a cluster mug already with mostly similar culture, custom, and language. For the EU to become a "country" well good luck. Not so sure my country, the US, can hold itself together for another 100+ years without another civil war.
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