in greece

roman empire

japan

china

other asian countries

especially in asian countries

o.o where they can fk men and still call themselves straight

homos r gay

hmmm what did all those civs have in common...

A successful empire?

not Christian

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@Fitzydog

Well I think most people make mistakes because they only know *what* happened and not *why*. What is always only half the picture. You cannot make informed decisions if you do not know the why. I'm at a point where I spend a lot of time training younger men. Teaching them what is easy. Teaching them why makes them professionals.

Nah, I just mean, this is an old discussion on this server

Really? How odd.

Yes, he's also pro-EU

Oh I did not mean any personality. Rather the functional nature of the design.

I mean being pro-EU is a stylistic choice like being pro-flat earth. It doesn't make the concept viable.....

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I mean fuck. Germany has an economy that is almost half exports. Put that in an economic union where Nobody has the same productivity and you get what? Dependence on economies that can never achieve trade balance. How o you fix that? Duechbank makes unsustainable loans to half the continent then throws a fit when they don't get paid. I mean fuck me silly and call me Wanda. Is anyone surprised that this did not work out?

Who thought this was a good idea they must be Belgian or something.........

Or this isn't even their final form...

It's just, remarkably stupid. It's like they stole the worst outcomes of a federal system and skipped all of the good ones.

Will Greece cut and run on the investment? Bet your sweet ass the only way they wouldn't is if they can produce goods in equal volume to *fucking Germany* not gonna happen. Spain? Italy? Fucking Moldova??? Oh yeah and lets put them all on the same currency so default is impossible. Just because, you know, it wasn't retarded enough to begin with.

belgian have the best ideas just look at congo how wonderful that turned out

Hitchens is trending so I clicked to find out why

https://screenshots.firefox.com/xIuvvq8qLqMWnCxp/twitter.com

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/07/no-deal-brexit-medieval-siege-eu-britain-industries

guardian opinions

```A no-deal Brexit would hand the EU enormous power: it would decide how and when to introduce new frictions between the UK and the single market``` do these people legitimately believe that trade does not exist outside the single market?

it boggles my mind

Economic independence would benefit the european countries more than a single market

They don't seem to understand it

they fear change because that means the politician gravy train ends

https://twitter.com/spikedonline/status/1093479739921190914

I think any economic prediction for more than 7 days into the future is worthless

and even then it's more about luck than expertise

(unless you have hyper-specific inside trader knowledge)

also, why do these remoaners peddle this "EU is going to punish the UK for brexit" FUD nonsense -- it just makes the EU look evil and spiteful