to keep this union running?

I wouldn't have liked having those jobs, but I guess they get pay well so no need to worry about em

they can spend like months negotiating how much Norway/Iceland has to pay to stay

EU will come out with a ridicilously high sum

then the country has to negotiate it down, and down

Bureaucracy takes alot of time

And most of it is just stalling for time

To give the higher ups time to think

hmm its not all so bad

most of this shit is done by faceless civil servants

tens of thousands of bureocrats

politicans only act as a face to the people

EU intranet project

New China internet, to combat terrorists

that would have been a fun project

close off those huge uplinks to America

That would be something to behold, indeed

and yeah they are gigantic

Considering they just went through with an anti-internet-censorship bill

you wouldnt be surprised to know how much we send to America

facebook, google, reddit

Well

China is capable of doing this since they don't really care

in fact, having their people unaware is a great benefit for them

You know, or should know, that governments who control all forms of information can manipulate people into thinking they are the best people on the world

Your mindset will for example become, China is the best country in the world, I am proud to be born here and not anywhere else, like that filhthy America place

little do they know propaganda has brainwashed them

few places managed to do so, north korea must be the most successful one....or China?

Since NK sucks pretty much

I hope when the people realize how shit of a situation they have because of him

that they behead all of em

Naturally the government will do their best to "ensure" the population that where they live is the best there is in this world

But considering the amount of information at our fingertips, I hope nobody breathes in too much of that stuff without filtering it

NK is probably the best example of contained brainwashing, though

They succeeded with keeping undesirables out, something China hasn't quite managed to

Not that the different scopes of the nations make the comparison fair, but still

If anything, China is proof of the fact that once you let a little bit in, even just a little, it becomes nearly impossible to shut it all out again

it was pretty much decided

how could they trade without having any contact whatsoever?

Let hong kong do it?

I don't think north korea was a desireable position for them