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dreamville_bg in talk_politics

A dying kiss

Feb 22, 2016 11:07

Being the cynical nation that we are, we Bulgarians have a nice saying: "Once we join a strategic alliance, they're doomed with imminent collapse". And it's true. Ironically, history has shown that whichever block of countries we've joined, soon tends to collapse (the continental block in WW1; the axis in WW2; the Soviet block)... This doesn't bode ( Read more... )

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luzribeiro February 22 2016, 09:15:34 UTC

If the UK leaves the EU, that'll kill the union as well

Do we know that for sure, though?

Exactly. dreamville_bg February 22 2016, 09:16:19 UTC

I like where you're going with this.

RE: Exactly. luzribeiro February 22 2016, 09:18:00 UTC

It could be just me not caring about some unions-schmunions, but IMO the EU should've called UK's bluff.

RE: Exactly. dreamville_bg February 22 2016, 09:18:29 UTC

That's it. Marry me!

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luvdovz February 22 2016, 09:19:59 UTC

It would've been fine if it were only Britain. But these sort of moods are getting ever more prevalent in a number of other EU members as well.

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dreamville_bg February 22 2016, 12:25:40 UTC

I'm not going to tell you how to vote, because it won't matter anyway. That's the point. This whole exercise with the referendum and the negotiations was a ruse. It was pointless. Cameron had no intention of following the EU rules, and the EU was already prepared to give concessions. In either case, the EU has put itself in a lose-lose situation, and it's not UK's fault. UK is just the catalyst for the dismantling. So you can do whatever you want: vote Yes, No, or don't vote at all. The result has already been pre-determined. The referendum is Cameron's way of washing his hands in front of his own public.

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dreamville_bg February 22 2016, 12:47:58 UTC

Maybe that's one reason for the Engurlanders to reconsider their Brexit aspirations. Heh. Gotta love the way the domino effect works in general.

htpcl February 22 2016, 12:20:05 UTC

The EU could've courted Scotland and run away with it. Instead, they preferred to pander to London by flipping the bird to Edinburgh. Now they're having a huge problem on their hands: London is acting like a spoiled kid, and chances are that the whole UK would run away anyway.

Talk about poor judgment.

ddstory February 22 2016, 12:39:10 UTC

I know one... correction, at least two global players who'd be extremely happy if the EU is no more. One is at the other side of the Pond, the other at this side.