Re:Swiss reject additional immigration curbs
by fit2rule on Sunday November 30, 2014 @03:45PM
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>>Why would some folks in Germany ,for instance, decide for people living in Spain, or Greece ?i
Because there wouldn't, ideally, "be" German or Greek or Spanish 'folks' in any sense other than culturally; i.e. complete free trade between these united zones of economic exchange is what it would 'supposedly' be all about, in the ideal Union sense. Germans get their beach houses, Spanish get their education and whatever else they might want from the Tutonic realms, and so around it goes. Imagine if the EU really was just a mass of citizens, who suddenly realized just what they had in common. Alas, its very difficult for such enlightenment to engage in Europe, it seems ..
Because there wouldn't, ideally, "be" German or Greek or Spanish 'folks' in any sense other than culturally; i.e. complete free trade between these united zones of economic exchange is what it would 'supposedly' be all about, in the ideal Union sense. Germans get their beach houses, Spanish get their education and whatever else they might want from the Tutonic realms, and so around it goes. Imagine if the EU really was just a mass of citizens, who suddenly realized just what they had in common. Alas, its very difficult for such enlightenment to engage in Europe, it seems ..