The Case for a European Federation

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[AdamSomething]

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[HmfrST]

Still cant get over the fact that the european anti corruption force is called Olaf

[VictorSneller]

It’s too ironic that Ireland is the only native English-speaking country in the European Union.

[maxthiel]

Adam: Military should unite
*Luxemburg who shares a helicopter with Belgium*: I’m 4 parallel universes ahead of you

[tomendruweit]

You know the whole "Russia war on european soil" truly aged well on this one

[EconomicsExplained]

Your federation is going to have a giant Switzerland shaped hole in it tho :(

[crucialsword]

The title: the case for a federal europe
The video: the case for why the Hungarian government is incompetent and corrupt

[piccolo]

* finger gets pointed at Ireland as being a taxhaven *

Luxembourg and the Netherlands:
Innocent whistle

[felipeneves]

Imagine going back 200 years and showing this video to an European. They would either laugh in your face or have an aneurysm on the spot

[GRIGMR]

Step 1# Federalise Eu
Step 2# Become global super power
Step 3# Build orbital battle station capable of destructing planets
Step 4# Become galactic super power

[catman]

In simple terms, Monke strong together, weak alone

[KairoStark]

"federal anti-corruption court"

you'd see half of Spain pushing to get out of the EU ASAP

[benharris]

i find it somewhat ironic and hilarious that the entire EU is learning English while the UK has essentially left the chat.

[Sebisajiminstan]

I’m at the language section, and I gotta say, I would pay actual money to see someone tell the french they need to learn and speak english en masse. It would make my fcking year

[carterl]

13:30 I really wanted you to finish “Poland for example is extremely anti Russian” with “whilst Russia is extremely pro Russia”

[captain-chair]

I don't know why but I find it funny that English would be become the common administrative language, especially when the English are the only people to have left the EU.

That is very ironic.

[joshuabaker]

I feel like you really handwaved over a lot of the arguments you were addressing.

The sovereignty argument is not just a ploy by evil dictators. This federation plan will need to address that somehow otherwise the tiny nations are actually giving up their sovereignty due to their citizens not being numerous enough to have any impact on the federal government. When the US formed this problem was addressed by having the bicameral legislature and in today's world that is fairly controversial due to the "tyranny of the minority" perception. What concessions are you willing to make to give these tiny nations an outsized level of influence due to them not being willing to give up any noticeable control over the top levels of government.

Your tax haven argument seems similarly hand wavy. The reason Ireland is a safe haven now is because it greatly benefits Ireland. Taking that away means you have to give something tangible in return so what concessions would be made to entice them to join this federation?

Language: Teaching everyone English seems like a reasonable solution but I do think you would need to enforce it everywhere. If you want to be a united force you need to actually be united from the top down. These multi-lingual countries work fairly well on a small scale and as long as they don't need a united military. Multi-lingual forces are historically proven to be unsustainable in any form of legit war due to the breakdown of communication between units as casualties mount.

Money: You hand wave away the vast wealth differences by saying you are going to pay minimum wages to key sectors. Why would the small wealthy powers sign up to increase their taxes to directly pay other countries? This is a direct transfer of wealth away from one set of countries to another and all of those millions of individuals will likely talk a big game until they actually have to write a check.

The overall problem seems that the EU already exists and can't solve some of these problems. If you want these nations to fully cede certain powers to this federal body you would need to sort out these issues first otherwise the nations won't agree to join. Just because something could be a great thing doesn't mean people will actually do it or that it would actually be a good thing in reality.

[NurMars]

*In order to ensure the continuing growth of Adam Something, the European Union will be reorganized into the first European Empire!*

[aksiznarf]

1:13 Being from Switzerland, I would recommend to have not just one president. Make an executive council with several members (five to nine people) who all come from different countries. You could make rule, that they have to represent the regions somewhat proportional (east, west, Scandinavia, Mediterranean) so no-one feels completely left out. They have all the same power but for some representive tasks one person out of that group is a kind of president (that rotates every year and brings no additional power). That way they need to work together and you have continuation over many years.

[irishdc]

"The federalisation of Europe won't be the founding of the Galactic Empire"

You do know your video's meant to say why Europe SHOULD federalize, right?