The European mind just cannot comprehend such distances
Oh it’s a scenic ocean view instead of desert followed by dirty roads. I wonder which one should I pick.
I’m conflicted is comparing a whole country travel distance to a state the same or I’m missing something? Genuinely curious. If we are talking about size of just a state do we Europeans have anything close to it?
To be honest in my head US state == country in Europe and USA == EU. Both are unions of states - one of them is just younger and less binding.
Similar, absolutely, but there’s a LOT more uniformity to states in the US than member states of the EU. Every state speaks English, every state has the same laws generally speaking for about 90% of things, etc.
Us is nothing but a bunch of smaller states that formed under a united government.
Not much unlike the entire principle of EU
What no… What are you talking about? EU is not even close to the government structure of the US. Starting that each EU country has their own military, and the EU president has absolutely no power on each of the EU members military.
One state, with their own unique state legislation, with a federal legislation on top of that.
Not unlike one member country of EU. With their own legislation, with EU legislation on top of that.
Same shit different names. Except EU members actually have the power to secede if they want to.
I genuinely don’t know this, does the eu collect taxes from member nations and redistribute it to poorer nations or in natural disasters?
