From Lincoln to Lincoln: The way home for a wayward G.O.P

[rvg]

Makes a bit more sense if you see the US as some kind of super EU.

And the U.S. is anything but that.

[Ironside]

And the U.S. is anything but that.

The states cannot be compared to the administrational units within most countries, which are what most people do. Such a unit can have had more than 1000 years of history, switched both state and nationality and been an independent nation several times, so they certainly have a richer and more varied backround than a US state. They aren't some arbitary idea formed by the state.

Rather, USA was formed by having the states agreeing into a union, where you have some matters on a federal level and the rest at state level (as the EU). With time, that state level has declined into something between a region and a state. Being comparably homogenous, that process is much easier than any similar process in the EU.

[lars573]

And the U.S. is anything but that.

USA v1.0 very much was the EU. Minus the 1000 years of history, and the nationalism based on such. And it still didn't work. That's why you live in USA v2.27.