What could have been an excellent discussion is tainted by nationalist posts. I find it odd that all those so eager to bash the US fail to recognize the same symptoms in their backyard. Excuse me. Did I say "same"? I meant "far worse".
An excellent discussion the one that starts with an article from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard ? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...eft-half-of-Europe-trapped-in-depression.html That guy is the most famous euro-hater of the web, he writes 2 articles a week against the euro since the year 2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Evans-Pritchard By thursday he will have written another identical article
oh, wrong prophecy, sorry... he has just written another one, and it's only tuesday... I guess in this period he's very busy, or, I should say, "obsessed" The euro is torture instrument for Spain Ten years of euro membership have lured Spain into a terrible trap. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...The-euro-is-torture-instrument-for-Spain.html
Don't like him? Fine, discuss why. Be civil. Offer dissenting viewpoints. But posts that simply spam "Germans will win all in the end hahahaha" and the like don't accomplish much.
OMG... can you read the link at the right of the page ? Our long game pays off - Britain is the leading power in Europe http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=3617447 unfortunately the link is broken ...
Chronic food shortages that prompted them to import many millions of tons of grains from the West contradict your claims, unless you meant it as a facetious remark.
We'll always be ruled by elites, the question is (in the case of EU), do you want to be ruled by elites an ocean away, or the ones on your doorstep? Divide and concour. The general idea of the EU is a great one, financial problems are being expirienced all over the world, since when is Britain the saviour of Europe?