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Re:German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path fr... by jwr on Sunday December 16, 2018 @01:51PM (#18694461)
Agreed — but do we really need so many governments? Why not have a local regional level (city/region, where you live and where things really matter to you) and then a continental level (EU, US, China, Russia, etc)?

I really do believe that we have way too many governments, and borders are an artificial construct used to support politicians.

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Re:German exclaves in Belgium separated by a bicycle path fr... by gpm on Sunday December 16, 2018 @08:20PM (#18696299)
Speaking in vast generalities, a continental level government seems to get big projects done better, but also seems to often treat their citizens much worse.

Personally I like that the world has both types of governments. It provides, to some extent anyways, redundancy against the failures of each type of government.

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