Re:Britain’s vote to exit the EU sends Europe’s space sector...
by pjc50 on Thursday July 07, 2016 @12:01PM
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But by your definition, you maximise sovereignty by declaring yourself entirely independent. That makes no sense.
No, that makes a lot of sense and accords with most people's intuitive understanding of the word. The trouble is, as you say:
If you are wholly unwilling to enter into agreements with other people then you will find it very difficult to achieve anything at all
And economic 'independence' is a real problem if you want to have a non-agrarian society. You need to import oil, electronics, pharmaceuticals. This is what goes wrong in places like Venezuela and Greece when supplies of hard currency start running low.
No, that makes a lot of sense and accords with most people's intuitive understanding of the word. The trouble is, as you say:
If you are wholly unwilling to enter into agreements with other people then you will find it very difficult to achieve anything at all
And economic 'independence' is a real problem if you want to have a non-agrarian society. You need to import oil, electronics, pharmaceuticals. This is what goes wrong in places like Venezuela and Greece when supplies of hard currency start running low.