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I dont know how many of you live in Europe but tell me what do you think on this small syntetised phrase: In 50 years the European Union would have created it's own culture by assimilitating existing cultures into one large european culture. Single state cultures would have dissapeared by then and be replaced by this single european culture.
So what do you think of it?? sci-fi or reality???

Hi,
I live in Austria (Member of Europen Union). I think the Union will go down, because the take too much poor states in the union.

oh... that's a good question...
the "problem" with the creation of one big culture is, that i guess there would be a lot of people who are okay with it (like me, what do i care about culture ) but I think that there will also be a lot of opposition by those who are a bit more nationalistic that think that at least some of their culture got lost...
But i guess that while not getting one big culture, i guess there will be at least quite some "leakage" between the cultures...

The problem with the EU, is its trying to be something it wasn't intended to be.

It was originally supposed to be nothing more than a financially related treaty that would provide for common currency, tariffs, and banking structure. However, it's expanded its power to essentially be comparable to the United Nations, except localized in Europe.

I can't agree with you Will that the European Union is comparable to the United States as it is not that unified on all aspects, exept probably economic. First of all there is no central European governement.
I didn't like that poor country thing deeg; i live in Romania which is what probably what you call poor country. I'm not nationalistic but i didn't like the remark

Like it or not tarbo, it's a possibility.

Culture is overrated, if everyone shared the same culture we'd be much better off.
But I can't see it happening, people are afraid of new things, they hang on to traditions and think their culture is superior. I could include a rant on French nationalists here, but I don't have the time..


What's more likely is the cultures will retain their origin but slip in something from the others, overtime.

Samppa wrote:Culture is overrated, if everyone shared the same culture we'd be much better off.
But I can't see it happening, people are afraid of new things, they hang on to traditions and think their culture is superior. I could include a rant on French nationalists here, but I don't have the time..


What's more likely is the cultures will retain their origin but slip in something from the others, overtime.

I wholeheartly agree with that... that's what i mean as well... and i even thought the same thing about a rant about french

and @tarbosaurus, he did not compare the EU to the US but to the UN, something that is okay in my eyes, although if you were to ask me what exactly the UN does, i could not be very specific

UN? hmmmmm perhaps....
Well a lot of people dont agree on your ideas that culture is overrated, especially here in the east; weve always been far more conservative then the rest thats why its such a great problem to us.
Also if you compare western culture with arabic or far eastern one youll discover thats quite a big deal about culture

tarbosaurus_geticus wrote:Also if you compare western culture with arabic or far eastern one youll discover thats quite a big deal about culture

And dat's why I said it's overrated.

If u think about that ...ones of the most ancient europian cultures are not part of EU ...i mean countries

Like I said in the other thread, history does not, or should, have anything to do with that.

The European Union will never be one nor will 'we' develop our own culture.

The EU is crap in my oppinion and I think Holland should leave it as soon as possible.

I'm at work now but if someone is interested i'll post a rant when I get home

Hmmm a very bad opinion on EU rootland... dont know what to say...

Question
some member countries of the union wants to quit now because they just hate to pay the debts and taxes of the poorer member countries? Please enlighten me.

They are going to pay our debts and taxes????WEEEEEEPYYYYYYYY!!!!!!