inari ( inari@piefed.zip ) to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoIt is time to build the United States of Europeelpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up172
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minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoWhich attempts have been similar to the EU, and not just conquests? The closest I can think of is maybe the Habsburg dynasty, and I think we can agree that that had its own unique issues going on
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNapoleon is the closest. A lot of the legal, judicial, and administrative civil code remains today.
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoIn what fucking world was Napoleon’s attempt not a series of conquests?
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoEuropean history all is just conquests
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month ago…so there has not been an attempt like the EU
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThere has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoMate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.
minus-squaredeHaga ( deHaga@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLol no. The treaties of Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon turned a trade bloc into a political one. That’s centralising power, and it always fails.
minus-squareSkua ( Skua@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month ago “Lol no. Actually it was exactly what you said”
Which attempts have been similar to the EU, and not just conquests? The closest I can think of is maybe the Habsburg dynasty, and I think we can agree that that had its own unique issues going on
Napoleon is the closest. A lot of the legal, judicial, and administrative civil code remains today.
In what fucking world was Napoleon’s attempt not a series of conquests?
European history all is just conquests
…so there has not been an attempt like the EU
There has. The European Communities and the EEC. Neither were attempts to create a federation like US, China or Russia…
Mate the EEC was one of the European Communities, and it ended because it became part of the EU. That’s not a separate attempt. That’s the same one.
Lol no. The treaties of Maastricht, Nice and Lisbon turned a trade bloc into a political one.
That’s centralising power, and it always fails.