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RE: Kinda like the EU, except the US has a standing army.

Actually, we’re different from the EU.

We still speak the same language, still pledge allegiance to the same flag, still sing the same national anthem.

That is... IF WE CAN KEEP IT.

We still speak the same language, still pledge allegiance to the same flag, still sing the same national anthem.

Yes, I bring up the language part a lot. But that is a different issue. And regarding the anthem, that is just a part of the culture of putting the federation over your particular country. Before the civil war, people identified with their “state” more than with the US. It’s why they called it “these” united states rather than “the” united states.

I identify as a Kentuckian first, and a US citizen second. And there is now enough difference in the LAWS of the individual “states” that it is important to recognize that they are very different - similar language notwithstanding. Simple example: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/traveling-mans-gun-arrest-appealed-to-supreme-court

And gun laws are why I was not at the Jan 6th protest. I would never go to DC without being armed, but that would be illegal, so I’ll never go in DC. Same with Haiti and Turkey - And New Jersey.