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Originally Posted by August
I do hear what you're saying but when you look at it our national experiences are quite different in some very fundamental ways. The biggest one being that Scotland isn't located 3000 miles away from England on the other side of an ocean that, at the time, took a month to get across.
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Good point, but 1812 they were a lot closer.
Or when Texas declared independence, with the ruling country just across the river.
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Originally Posted by August
That's another big difference to consider. We weren't a smaller entity, we were a lot bigger and far more ethnically diverse.
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Oh, this referred just to domestic US politics, down to the county level. For example I fappreciate that you guys can vote for your local sherrif/police chief, or the existance of referendums on a local/state level.
You can compare the US discussion with the discussion about the EU here in Europe, just exchange DC with Brussels. As Germany also has a federal structure, this might explain why we are more wary of a centralized power than e.g. the French, who are traditionally ruled from Paris.
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Originally Posted by August
Besides I don't want them bitching that we gave them bad advice! If they screw this up it should be totally on them.  |
Damned, I should have thought about this before my previous post
- now when the Scottish dissolve and the experiment goes wrong, they'll blame trhe Germans - have to find a way to put the blame back on you!
