EU referendum -UK users

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tokilamockingbrd said:

Soundwave said:

What exactly was the EU preventing them from doing before because it seems to me they were doing "whatever the fuck they wanted" before hand. They didn't even adopt the Euro currency. 

EU was formed because it makes sense to have one more singular entity instead of like 20 different little countries all within 90 minutes flying time of each other.

Almost like a united group of ... states ... you might say. Gee, what a bizarre concept. 

yea states... except these states are made up of different nations that have had a national identies for centuries and all how their own national interest. That sounds like as good of an idea arbitrarily drawing borders in Africa after WW2. I mean by this logic we should just make the Dominican Republic a state in the US. 

The ability to control who comes into your country is a big deal. Even been to Japan? When you arrive they want to see your return ticket. You can only go their to live if you are actually worth something. You cant be an economic parasite and expect them to just let you move there. 

The UK already had pretty large scale control over who was coming into their borders, case in point they basically took no one in from Syria last year. 

The EU makes sense in a modern capitalist society where no one wants to have 15 freaking currencies to deal with when doing business in Europe. I don't want to deal with some rinky dink little Denmark or some shit as an investor. 

Travelling through Europe is still a bit of a pain in the ass, when you are in the UK you have to have pounds, then in Europe it's the Euro, but you take a train ride if you're in Switzerland then you need Francs, etc. etc. etc. it must've straight up sucked balls before the EU.