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Re:Why Is Europe Failing to Create More $1B Startups? by venomsnake on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @10:22AM (#10220780)
Lets start that since that since the Cromwell times Britain has not been a part of Europe by its own choosing. The whole balance of power. Even today UK is a different beast than all the rest of Europe.

Also one of the huge benefits of post WWII order was the creation of homogeneous national countries. Which explains the abnormally long peace period. So nationalism and national identity are extremely strong in europe.

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Re:Why Is Europe Failing to Create More $1B Startups? by pluma on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @04:59PM (#10223162)
If Scotland were to secede, I have no doubts Scotland would join the EU and the UK would leave.

England does not see itself as part of Europe. If anything, England sees Europe as an extension of France. And England hates France with a vengeance. Geography and history aside, the UK is not a European country at heart.

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