[pau1f0rd]

Great Britain itself will finally join the U.S

Only if your government was placed back in London, ;-)

Jokes aside, why is this centralisation so inevitable?

[SamAdams76]

I believe that centralization is inevitable because quite simply, the world is getting much smaller. Just think, you just posted to me here from England and here I am a few seconds later composing a reply from the United States having already received your message that you will receive in a minute or two.

In 1776, it would have taken us nearly half a year to have the same exchange!

This kind of instant worldwide communication is breaking down all the barriers that kept us apart. In a few years, as computer programmers perfect programs that can translate our communications into any language, the language barriers will come down as well and I'll be communicating with a Russian-speaking person from Moscow just as easily as I am conversing with you. Before too long, language will no longer be a barrier.

You have already seen how the EU and a standard currency affects trade on your continent. Over here, we have our NAFTA and I believe a merging together between the nations of North America is not that far off. This will only be the start of things...