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7 independence movements that have the potential to destroy the EU (Catalonia is just the start)
The Duran ^ | 10/05/2017 | by Alex Christoforou

Posted on 10/05/2017 9:02:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/05/2017 9:02:02 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

And then you have those 50 United States... All of whom could succeed from the Union. People are getting dumber and dumber.


2 posted on 10/05/2017 9:06:53 AM PDT by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is so silly. You may be able to declare independence from your host country, but you can NEVER escape the coils of the EU. /S


3 posted on 10/05/2017 9:08:31 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: jerod

More independence, more competition, more freedom, more human thriving. Decentralization or decentralization. George Soros is not happy about independence movements. So silly to want to responsibility and power to people far away. Sheeple.


4 posted on 10/05/2017 9:10:12 AM PDT by all the best
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To: jerod

More independence, more competition, more freedom, more human thriving. Decentralization or decentralization. George Soros is not happy about independence movements. So silly to want to responsibility and power to people far away. Sheeple.


5 posted on 10/05/2017 9:10:15 AM PDT by all the best
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To: SeekAndFind

People don’t want this new world order crap. They want their own culture and people and to hell with the others. border s language and culture.


6 posted on 10/05/2017 9:12:42 AM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Everyone deserves their own S***hole!


7 posted on 10/05/2017 9:13:10 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: SeekAndFind

Daniel 2:41-43 ...’And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken?. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.’


8 posted on 10/05/2017 9:16:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks SeekAndFind.
Scotland had a historic referendum on leaving the United Kingdom resulting in a narrow 55 percent vote against leaving the UK.
And when the 55 percent is for Obama, it counts as a landslide. 55 to 44.x is not a narrow victory, particularly since the cooked books polling leading up to the referendum was pushed as showing a five percent margin of victory for what turned out to be the losing side. Silesia, an odd partly German, partly Slavic/Polish enclave stitched into Poland by the USSR after WWII, has been seeking greater autonomy, but the Polish government doesn't go for that. I would like to see it, but as with any of these, the majority in the geographic area are not in favor or couldn't care less.
9 posted on 10/05/2017 9:42:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

Scotland doesn’t want to leave the EU. Look at how they voted against Brexit. They don’t love the UK but they adore the EU.


10 posted on 10/05/2017 9:52:44 AM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: mistfree

Scotland has had better relations with western Europe than England since the Romans went away.


11 posted on 10/05/2017 10:12:13 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: mistfree

Scotland lives on welfare payments collected from wealthy taxpayers in England. If they left the UK, they wouldn’t be able to pay their bills.


12 posted on 10/05/2017 10:13:03 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: SeekAndFind
You see secessionist movements in places where government rule is seen as excessive, or financially inefficient.

This country hasn't had any serious secessionist movement in more than 150 years because it's the one country in the world that probably still offers the best combination of circumstances that most people would value: (1) modern affluence, and (2) the ability to be left alone if you desire.

13 posted on 10/05/2017 10:13:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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In most of these cases, not all of them...the chief sticking point is that various regions are producing a heck of a lot of tax revenue which goes into a national pot, and they (the high-producer region) aren’t getting their fair share back. This is Catalonia’s big issue, and from the European map shown....I’d say at least eight of these other regions have the same problem.

I would say this as well...almost none of these regions have any interest in producing a military if they are allowed split off, and that savings will pour right back into streets, bridges, harbors, railways, etc.

Now, if you asked me in twenty years....will some disorder occur and peace be threatened? Probably an overwhelming possibility.


14 posted on 10/05/2017 10:30:59 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Pearls Before Swine
This is so silly. You may be able to declare independence from your host country, but you can NEVER escape the coils of the EU. /S


15 posted on 10/05/2017 10:35:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SunkenCiv

Silesia belonged to Germany until 1945 when it was given to Poland—at the same time Stalin took large chunks of Eastern Poland (where much of the population was White Russian or Ukrainian). The Germans fled from Silesia and the area was resettled by Poles. If any Germans are there now they are probably not very numerous.


16 posted on 10/05/2017 10:50:49 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Not German, Silesian.

http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/berlin/article/upper-silesia-torn-between-poland-germany-and-dreams-of-autonomy.html

https://www.ft.com/content/7ff14a52-74a2-11e3-9125-00144feabdc0

http://www.voxeurop.eu/en/content/article/578111-irreducible-autonomy-silesia

http://www.google.com/search?q=Silesian%20Autonomy&spell=1&ie=UTF-8


17 posted on 10/05/2017 11:09:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: jimtorr

Scotland didnt exist in Roman times, there were no Scots there. The rest of Britain that had a Celtic population continued to enjoy trade with western and Mediterranean Europe.


18 posted on 10/05/2017 11:36:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

California here in the USA...


19 posted on 10/05/2017 12:01:36 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: SunkenCiv; Verginius Rufus
Not German, Silesian.

German, not Polish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsmannschaft_Schlesien

They've been quiet, though, for the past few years, AFAIK.

20 posted on 10/05/2017 12:52:31 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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