"Napoleonic style imperialist republican zeal is not the only reason why the E.U has become an untenable structure, however, for it is still partially made up of a number of "princely states" first and foremost amongst these is of-course the U.K. Elizabeth the Second might well express her lack of amusement with the outcome of the Brexit referendum for she wishes to prevent the United Kingdom from disbanding. It is in the monarchy's interest to maintain (at least the illusion of -although even in the 21c the U.K monarchy's power is certainly not all "smoke-and-mirrors"-), power and independence for Scotland would be the beginning of a very slippery and steep slope for the House of "Windsor" (it matters not that the SNP are in favour of Scotland remaining in Europe as the Scots will -effectively-, be a republic if they leave the union despite what the SNP leadership may posture for the cameras), leading to many voices in Wales, Northern Ireland (and even places like Cornwall), being raised in favour of greater and greater devolution and ("eventual"), independence from the English Crown. In this sense the European Union is an anachronism for it (still), represents an attempt to resolve the internecine strife that sparked the great European conflagration of wars one and two, as such the E.U is a compromise between both families and political philosophies and now the compromise is "past-its-sell-by-date"! Perhaps we will discover that E.F. Schumacher was absolutely right when he outlined the principles by which he saw international consensus (and international institutions), developing, that such must come from; individual consciousness, supported by communities, expressed through societies and "enshrined" in republics, for if humanity is to to come together successfully, despite its ethnic and cultural differences, each individual must be sovereign unto themselves and not enslaved to any other." https://www.arafel.co.uk/2020/11/yugoslavia-nato-brexit-europeanunion.html
https://www.arafel.co.uk/2018/02/part-1-of-discussion-concerning.html & https://www.arafel.co.uk/2018/02/part-2-washingtonpost.html
"vanguardist intellectuals would rather preach from their imperial thrones than lower themselves to mingle with the New World's "hoi polloi" (America can deal with the "huddled-masses" we were never very good at that -which is why the huddled-masses left of-course-)!" https://www.arafel.co.uk/2022/02/the-coming-storm-from-forbidden-america.html
"Their elaborate scheme (North and fellow conspirators) called for Short Brothers, the Belfast-based manufacturer of the Blowpipe missile, to facilitate the transfer of the weapons from Chile to the Contra forces through El Salvador, using falsified end-user certificates" https://www.arafel.co.uk/2020/07/the-two-treasons-assassinations.html
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