Originally Posted by
Peter
But the rise of nation states led to repeated wars, empires forming and collapsing and, even worse, ordinary people becoming somewhat involved in how a country is run.
In short, it was a nightmare. Hence the EU, the UN, NATO and all the other apparatus of the new world order swept in to rescue us from our parochial, narrow minded view of our own corner of the world.
We all bleed, b. We all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures and we all believe in a flat back four.
We people are one. You and your ilk want to go back to the chaos of nationalism.... shame on you!