The European Union - the New Soviet Union?

[Jaggy001]

Originally Posted by lend44

But taking separate political mechanisms of two entirely different political entities and finding them similar doesn't mean the two systems are similar in the first place. With the same nuts and bolts you can assemble an airplane that flies and a submarine that goes underneath the ocean.

Interestingly, there are remarkable similarities between the Soviet structure of government and that of the USA. Both states were founded out of revolution. Both states gave tremendous importance to "theory". In the case of the USSR it was Marx and Lenin; in the case of the USA it is the constitution. Both states have/had a president and two chambers of "parliament". Both states are/were federal organizations. There are historical comparisons too. Both states were expansionist until they reached the pacific ocean and both states made extensive use of forced labor. In the USA it was slavery and in the USSR it was the gulag.

Obviously, to say that the USA is just like the USSR is patently ridiculous. And yet, that is the same mistake the speaker in that video is making. And it remains patently ridiculous.

[Cornerguy1]

City Data forums exist to provide a platform for the exchange of local information for those who may be considering a relocation.

While discussions about the political climate in a certain area may certainly be helpful when considering a move, material that is posted strictly for the purpose of provoking reaction ceases to helpful and becomes trolling.


Lets not continue to feed this particular troll and the anti-European agenda within.