[Cronos]

Don't compare the US to individual European nations -- the US is massive. It is a world on its own right and can stand in splendid isolation from the rest of the world and do very well

But Denmark or even the UK by itself cannot emulate the USA. Just as the leftist suggestion that the US should emulate Denmark is wrong, the suggestion that Denmark can play at the same level as the USA is wrong. The EU is a confederation. It's not going to be a country. It will be close but NOT be like the Holy Roman Empire in the 1500s - a conglomeration of independent states.

[Bishop_Malachi]

It will be close but NOT be like the Holy Roman Empire in the 1500s - a conglomeration of independent states.

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That’s what many thought and hoped when this nation was created under the Articles of Confederation. It didn’t take long for those who sought to centralize authority under the rationale of “Necessary and Proper” to start the obliteration process of regional/local authority. It is a slow but inexorable death of sovereignty.

[Ohioan]

I did not compare any two "nations," except that we are all under attack by compulsion & fear driven enthusiasts, who cannot handle the reality that we are all different, and should each take pride in all that makes us each unique. The Compulsion For Uniformity can only produce very, very, bad results.