EU referendum -UK users

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Soundwave said:

tokilamockingbrd said:

the ability to do whatever the fuck they want. 

I live in the US. I cant even fathom the concept of some unelected foriegn body making decisions for my country. It would be hypocritical for me to expect another country to do the same unless they choose to. 

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. 

The 20 different little countries may all be within 90 minutes flying time of each other, but they are all very different, with different economies. There's an undeniable strength in being in the union, but a one-size fits all approach doesn't always work.

One of the issues talked about in the run up to the referendum was how the time and money spent on trying to stay compliant with EU laws is stifling small businesses' ability to compete.  Just one example of the EU preventing them from doing what the fuck, as you so delicately put it, they like.