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  • Frankly I would need to gather several experts and have access to all relevant data to even begin.

    However, bringing in the world’s 9th largest economy would have it’s benefits. If joined it would be the 4th largest economy in the EU.

    I believe that would provide great benefit.

    The only thing you’ve mentioned that I have a suggestion on how to handle would be smuggling. Simply when leaving Canada to fly into the EU they go through standard security. Your already not allowed to fly with prohibited substances. If you’re really worried when first arriving in Europe they can go through customs and then be allowed free travel. Although the existing land borders in Europe are much harder to control. Canada being an ocean away can be controlled much easier. Even if it’s land borders are larger.













  • Let’s not be unreasonable, there can be multiple causes and multiple solutions.

    Those countries also used to have a more communal structure amongst families and that still was dismantled.

    But they actually implemented social programs and living wages making it not an issue.

    Also yes it is capitalism fault. It all is, including the dismantling of our communities to favor more isolated living. It’s design to separate us and disempower the worker.



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    I’d blame a lot of this on the destruction of our communal living patterns. We used to live in extended family groups. It was reasonable and expected to live with your parents and siblings. If you did leave the family home it often was just to build a home on the same property.

    But then the idea of the nuclear family was popularized, probably to make more money and sell house, and here we are.

    To be clear since what I said has been immediately misinterpreted, family centric living patterns were torn apart by capitalism. It heavily favors capitalism when we are separated from each other and lose community. This wasn’t a benign social shift