Most of them are worried that once this gets started, many countries will split up.
If in America, states decide they want no part of a massive leftist state, the left might lose the hosts that do all the paying to feed the parasites.
Julius Caesar said it succinctly, “Divide and conquer.” Whether it is Great Britain, the United States, or any other nation or group of nations, it is easier to conquer them when they are in a divided state than it is to conquer them when they are united in fact, purpose, and spirit.
It is one thing for the people of Scotland to strive for a greater voice in self determination while united in purpose and spirit, and it is another to strive for a greater voice in self determination while divided in geography, economy, purpose, and spirit.