The EU
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When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.
Under Hitler or Stalin a Góral [Tatra-highlander] could choose to produce oscypek [smoked cheese] however he preferred. Nowadays the EU official is watching him.
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.
Rather than bring peace and harmony, the EU will cause insurgency and violence.
The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.
The American agenda is sweeping everything before it, and although it's not perfect, the EU is better on environmental issues. It's a less rapacious form of capitalism.