What if 13 of the 28 countries in the European Union decided to leave the EU due to unfair taxes, inequitable representation and because they wish to form an independent confederation while claiming cultural differences with the other member states.
Would the remaining EU members, at the behest of their president, decide to invade those countries that withdrew, crush the secessionists as if they were traitors and force them back into the EU.
Would a resulting war end in the deaths of hundreds of thousands with enormous property loss and destruction. Would martial law be imposed on the defeated countries and their citizens disenfranchised for 10 years?
Of course this would never be tolerated today, but that’s exactly what Lincoln and the Northern states did to the fledgling nation, the Confederate States of America, in 1861. Even the Soviet "Union" split successfully without bloodshed.
Would the remaining EU members, at the behest of their president, decide to invade those countries that withdrew, crush the secessionists as if they were traitors and force them back into the EU.
Would a resulting war end in the deaths of hundreds of thousands with enormous property loss and destruction. Would martial law be imposed on the defeated countries and their citizens disenfranchised for 10 years?
Of course this would never be tolerated today, but that’s exactly what Lincoln and the Northern states did to the fledgling nation, the Confederate States of America, in 1861. Even the Soviet "Union" split successfully without bloodshed.
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