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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] JimmyMcGill 4 points 8 months ago

It’s true that countries in Europe are more akin to states in the US but while there are difficulties scaling up there are also benefits. And in the end everything is divided anyway. It’s not just done in one centralized place.

The EU has done some meaningful things, though it’s mostly laws and not so much services. I’d argue that it had a much more difficult job also.

But there’s the private vs non private debate and the small vs big debate