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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)
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[–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (21 children)

Yes, those are countries, not single states within a country. Different things.

edit: ya'll are acting so fucking weird in this comment thread. Jesus Christ I don't even give a shit about the size of America or the US/EU pissing contest, I was merely and correctly pointing out the non-equivalence of the items being compared. Holy shit get a fucking life if you give two shits about the topic itself, goddamn. The hate boner some of you have for one country or another to the point of spite downvoting and intentionally misinterpreting shit is fucking ridiculous.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    french guiana is part of france, and the eu.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You guys have funny gatekeeping. Oh well, to each his own, I guess

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

    You are united states tho. Similiar to EU in 100 years.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (8 children)

    Yes, how is this relevant? The point is they were comparing the length of time to cross a single American state to the time to cross an entire country, which are two different things. Driving through Texas isn't equivalent to driving through Germany, it's equivalent to driving through Bavaria.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    It is because most of the EU participates in an agreement without hard borders and is united by a larger entity that collects taxes and holds elections in its states/countries.

    The degree of federalism is higher in the USA than Europeans think it is. After all, each American state has at least one army.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Ok, edited it.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Ah, in that case, no, you're still wrong and we are not anything like the EU, not really. The of autonomy and sovereignty each member of the EU has is vastly different, and mostly vastly greater, than that of each of the individual states of America. Again, the correct equivalence isn't America = EU, it's America = Germany and Texas = Bavaria. Hope that helps.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah nah

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Okay, so tell me then which of these you believe:

    That the EU as a whole should only have one singular seat in the UN, NATO, and other similar organizations,

    Or that every American state should have their own seat in the UN, NATO, and others?

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    I'm here to troll not to problem solve. Wrong time wrong place. Also by your logic Russia would bring their states too. And China. Big party.

    Btw what does NATO and UN do anyways? Write strong worded letters, right. It's like a book club for diplomats.

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