I don't think the EU is a state. It is however a binding economic force which plays a role historically reserved to states and it does many things I personally consider harmful. Along the same lines, the US Federal reserve is not a state either but it sure is a force for ill.

I said key EU members backed the Iraq debacle so a correction using my exact words seems a bit strange. :P My arguments are about dividing political and economic control and coercion, whether state, non-state actor, church, whatever into the smallest units possible. To me this would include disbanding NATO, the UN, and the EU.

Since my philosophy precludes the use of force to achieve any such ends, I'm just the idiot suggesting it might work better for everyone and that how safe and wealthy people are corresponds neatly to how much economic and political freedom they have and to nothing else at all. Double :P

In reply to Re^15: Patience is a Cheese Sandwich by Your Mother
in thread Patience is a Monk Virtue by marinersk

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