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Originally Posted by edale
How do you know how the Dutch feel about their fellow countrymen? I think your argument is pretty bogus. Americans are some of the most patriotic people on earth (for better or worse). I've never heard of a Texan say s/he wasn't going to cheer for Michael Phelps in the olympics because he's from Maryland. Preposterous. There is an immense amount of national pride here--'from sea to shining sea' and what not.
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Im not talking about surface level nonsense like the olympics and the flag.
Im talking about interstate politics. People are far more likely to support social welfare locally than if its a nationwide effort. European nations are literally ethnic-states, Even one of the more "diverse" ones, the UK the English are clearly the dominant group, The Britts do things for the Brits, the Dutch for the Dutch.
And you will absolutely hear Texans loudly hate on Maryland and express their immense displeasure at having to pay into a federal body for the benefit of other states and other people.
I have seen the argument on this very forum about "blue states subsidizing red states"
Ask if the British would be cool with extending the NHS to all of the EU member states.
Lets see how'd they react to it.