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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 692761" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>You know, I have read the perspective that already the existence of a United Europe has served a huge benefit, to ameliorate post-cold war tensions, integrate Eastern Europe, and diminish century old nationalistic disputes that had never been dissipated.</p><p></p><p>I also read that the maintenance of the british pound going forward would have undermined a united europe, not </p><p>strengthen it, and that britain would never forfeit the pound. From this point of view the leaving of britain was an inevitability, for structural and financial reasons not for cultural ones. </p><p></p><p>That is one reason I am uncomfortable with casting dispersions on a brexit vote, as motivated only by reactionary reasons. </p><p></p><p>I do agree that this may well be a defining moment within our lifetimes. It is very, very hard for me to not comment upon this. Nobody else in my orbit who will talk about this rationally is available to me, and I am trying hard to not talk about it at work, although I did one day lapse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 692761, member: 18958"] You know, I have read the perspective that already the existence of a United Europe has served a huge benefit, to ameliorate post-cold war tensions, integrate Eastern Europe, and diminish century old nationalistic disputes that had never been dissipated. I also read that the maintenance of the british pound going forward would have undermined a united europe, not strengthen it, and that britain would never forfeit the pound. From this point of view the leaving of britain was an inevitability, for structural and financial reasons not for cultural ones. That is one reason I am uncomfortable with casting dispersions on a brexit vote, as motivated only by reactionary reasons. I do agree that this may well be a defining moment within our lifetimes. It is very, very hard for me to not comment upon this. Nobody else in my orbit who will talk about this rationally is available to me, and I am trying hard to not talk about it at work, although I did one day lapse. [/QUOTE]
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