rocketpig said:
Without looking it up, I'm about 95% sure that under the Articles, states still printed their own money. I think that was one of the main driving forces for the Constitution. Very true that the EU is basically a re-worked Articles. The key difference being that most of the countries of Europe has a long-standing history of being successful, independent nations. Their economies are still hard-wired that way and could revert back to it should the EU fall on its face. It would be painful, but definitely possible. Obviously, the US states were in a very different situation. Many had no stable currency, no framework of economic success, and the turmoil of the post-Revolution era was still weighing heavily on each of them. I'd say a more similar hypothetical situation was if the EU formed in 1946. There is nearly a zero chance it would have been successful at that point. Hell, if you ask Greece the question right now, I think they'd make a fine case arguing that it isn't successful today. |
Well actually i meant that as a support to your point. I don't think the EU really works, the economic problems are a big issue, and otuside that whenever a nation finds something too distastefull they'll just duck out of it.
