On 5 Feb 2003 at 8:00, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > > The US has consistently (and > > > mistakenly, in my opinion) encouraged the creation > > and > > > expansion of the European Union. > > > > Why mistakenly? > > > > Marvin Long > > Several reasons. First, I think the European Union is > profoundly anti-democratic. It concerns me greatly,
What's so wonderful about *reprisentative* democracy? Every time I read about how wonderful it is, I remember that Hitler being elected. Democracy is fine in theory, but I have a HUGE problem with how it works in practice. Especially in the USA. > The central thrust of the European Union the way it is > structured is a transfer of power from the elected > representatives of the various nations of Western > Europe to an unelected bureaucracy in Brussels. It's *snicker* > Third, if it succeeds in fully unifying Europe, that > might actually be the worst outcome. This would > inevitably become a Europe essentially run by France > and Germany as a co-Dominion. It would probably Okay. This is what convinces me you're not looking at the situation anything like clearly. The Franco-German axis is NOT popular right now inside Europe. If anything, England, Spain and other countries have the whip hand. > to challenge the United States. In my opinion, the > only stable and peaceful global power structure is a > unipolar one - one with one dominant country. Which Your one. Yeah. *shrugs* An imperial America forcing their companies on the world is a worse abuse of "democracy" than anything else I can imagine. I like companies and capitalism, but they have their place. Which is *NOT* in government. The EU at least has a *strong* judicial branch. One which dopsn't roll over to companies like M$. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
