Brexit Thread

[Gilrandir]

But that argument could have been made at any point in the past and can still be made at any point in the future.

Not in the past, I'm afraid. Back then people thought in terms of "more territory - more power". Some of them still do now. But I believe contemporary world has realized (perhaps it was just impossible before) that a country can become powerful through other means. You don't need to annex some land to spread your influence over it. All you need is to inundate this territory with your goods, films, TV produce, companies, technologies, in a word - your material and spiritual culture - and the land is yours. So not in the past, now and in future - yes.

An EU superstate would solve it as far as the territories within it are concerned.

You don't look further than Europe. Nations exist beyond it. So it will take more than one uberstate to solve the problem ultimately.

I can somewhat understand the "voda" = "who da", but the rest is just in your mind.

"Voda" sounds more like "What da", not "who da". And when you hear "what da..."+ F, the mind easily anticipates the completion of the phrase.