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do you guys think that within the next hundred years Europe will fully unify into the United States of Europe? (pawb.social)
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Just wondering as an American watching the EU pool resources and mostly work for the same common goals over my lifetime.

To clarify, I'm not saying that this would be a part of the United States of America, but a separate world power.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are at least a half a dozen countries in the EU with 1000 years of history behind them. I wonder how that weight of history blends with what the modern world requires.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not like these countries are stuck in the past. They evolved like the rest of the world.

The city I live in was once the capital city of a duchy. It even had a palace that unfortunately burned down completely. There are talks to rebuild it. But it costs so much and nobody knows what to do with all the space it would provide.