i don't mean it would necessarily solve domestic problems, mainly international ones. we wouldn't have these bullshit standoffs and behind the scenes power struggles to the same degree & scale.
although now that you mention it, i wouldn't mind if the south executed their little secession fantasy, except for florida, they would have to stay. but basically anything south of north carolina over to texas can become a new (failed) country if they want.
each state would have it's own economy but we could have a shared currency. im talking about modelling this literally almost identically after the eu. but im also talking russia and china here. the main point is to break up their centralized dictatorships
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:02 pm
by hubb
Ok, lets put it another way.
Europe has absolutely no authority in that sence. Only trade agreements they can tease with and that is simply not enough political levey, consideing the nations you are comparing them to.
centralized dictatorships
I'm not trying to dissagree, but like russia - eventhough putin pulls all the weight, it's not centralized as such. It's wealth and power deliberately divided between
Oligarcs that own beneficial grounds for Putins busyness.
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:06 pm
by titchbit
that's the point. new york and connecticut and delaware will be their own countries, like england and france and spain, which would have their own power, and then they would all be organized under a similar body to the eu.
this way there would probably be less superpowerness going on in the world. like if europe was one country, they would definitely be the superpower, even above america, but theyre not, so they don't involve themselves in the game of thrones style standoffs that the us, russia, and china involve themselves in.
hubb wrote:
centralized dictatorships
I'm not trying to dissagree, but like russia - eventhough putin pulls all the weight, it's not centralized as such. It's wealth and power deliberately divided between
Oligarcs that own beneficial grounds for Putins busyness.
sure but i don't think putin would be relevant at all if he was the president of Leningrad compared to the president of RUSSIA
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:08 pm
by dickman69
All states domestic problems would be magnified though
Seattle vs east wash
Denver vs Colorado
NYC vs upstate
There would be many problems if they divided by state boundaries
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:10 pm
by m8son666
eu is pretty shit tbh
england should leave the u.k and team up with china and russia imo
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:10 pm
by DiegoSapiens
dubunked wrote:that's the point. new york and connecticut and delaware will be their own countries, like england and france and spain, which would have their own power, and then they would all be organized under a similar body to the eu.
But isn´t that what a state is?
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:11 pm
by hubb
what would put it in place?
and to what extent do you believe that france, spain etc are organized?
I really like your way of thinking, but I believe you see europe in too positive a light.
sure but i don't think putin would be relevant at all if he was the president of Leningrad compared to the president of RUSSIA
He has effectively paid off all interests inside that nation. Like everybody with power have in turn accepted him. He is above what constitutes Russia as a nation. Russia is just an idea now but whatever Putin is doing is real.
It is actually like that, no kidding.
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:11 pm
by DiegoSapiens
m8son wrote:
england should leave the u.k and team up with china and russia imo
pussies like you would get killed really fast
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:13 pm
by m8son666
haha killed by who china and russia?
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:13 pm
by DiegoSapiens
hubb wrote:what would put it in place?
and to what extent do you believe that france, spain etc are organized?
I really like your way of thinking, but I believe you see europe in too positive a light.
this.
plus i´m sure that we will all discover that all this european union head charges that have like a really good reputation are a bunch of corrupts
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:13 pm
by titchbit
good point rayman maybe u can have new borders. or regional countries like new england, nj, pa, de, and md can all be one country. the bible belt can be a country. florida is on it's own. cascadia can be a country. the illinois/ohio/michigan/minnesota/indiana/wisconsin crowd can be a country.
and then scope can take the rest.
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i prolly do have an overly-optimistic view of the eu. whatever :/
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:14 pm
by m8son666
u guys should give the u.s back to england
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:20 pm
by hubb
Engerlussina
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:22 pm
by hubb
i prolly do have an overly-optimistic view of the eu. whatever :/
No, no its welcomed m8
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:23 pm
by Harkat
Shit I had no idea this existed until now
flylo on tectonic, damn.
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 6:40 pm
by DiegoSapiens
that was the first flylo tune i discovered
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:36 pm
by nowaysj
m8son wrote:u guys should give the u.s back to england
Come n get it motherfucker!
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:39 pm
by nowaysj
And dubuncle, you've just invented the United States. Congrats. Now evolve that model 200 years, and you'll end up like this.
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:47 pm
by titchbit
nowaysj wrote:And dubuncle, you've just invented the United States. Congrats. Now evolve that model 200 years, and you'll end up like this.
so we gotta get back 2 bassics.
it's not like it necessarily HAD to evolve that way. it wasn't doomed from the start. it coulda gone a million different ways if a different events around the world took place.
Re: Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:51 pm
by nowaysj
Power tends to centralize. Monopolies form. The sun essentially has a monopoly of hydrogen and helium in the solar system.
It is the way of things.
We need a force to resist this centralizing force, that was the rule of law and the constitution, but it was much weaker than the centralizing force. Now we're fucked.