Am I though only one who realizes the United Kingdom is significantly more socialist than the US? They pay much higher income and sales taxes than we do, they have universal healthcare with no private insurance whatsoever, most media is government owned and controlled, and they have a much larger welfare state.
So let me make sure I understand the fantastic logic going on here. You want to become part of a country with:
1)Nationalized healthcare (which is not what we have here... we still have to pay for it and it is run through private insurers)
2) Exceptionally strict gun control
3) Surveillance cameras on basically every street corner
4) Heavy subsidization of public television
5) Free abortions
6) Significantly higher taxes
7) Higher debt per/capita
8) Weaker military
9) Large Islamic population
10) A more liberal population with a strong welfare state
This is grade A quality irrational thinking. **Slow Clap**
I’ve lived in UK all my life. I pay 23% income tax, I claimed unemployment for only a few months, I have private insurance (in addition to the usual national insurance), there are about 5 state-owned tv channels out of hundreds and the most popular newspaper in the country is owned by Rupert Murdoch. All of this information about my country is available for free on Wikipedia.