"In short, Europe is just a dumb idea that has gradually turned into a bad dream, from which we shall eventually wake up."
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Replying to @GarettJones
"Equilibrium level of government organizations" has two meanings. 1) Optimal scale for social functionality (small -- almost certainly 10,000,000, or less). 2) Optimal scale for state power (large -- probably over 100,000,000, given a relatively homogenized population).
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Replying to @GarettJones
The size of countries consistently topping the Heritage economic freedom index is telling.
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Does it look like size is a necessary, but not sufficient condition?
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After the nonsense is excluded, the argument seems to be "But there are a lot of shitty small states." As if that isn't precisely what's anticipated. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness @ovchinnikov and
... Paleo-Libertarian universalism is the underlying cognitive disorder. "If it doesn't work for everyone, how can it be a good thing?"
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... Mega-states are egalitarianism engines, so of course people are going to defend them.
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