pondering if London goes through with independence, what kind of precedent this will set will the 21st century bring back city-states
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
bring back? Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau (also Hamburg, Moscow, Vienna, and many other federal city states) would question.
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I don't mean federal city states, I mean city-states in the style of Renaissance Europe
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Singapore and HK are the only two big examples of independent city-states I can think of, and HK was returned to China
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Isn't the City of London already almost a city-state? With their London Corp, Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Freeman, ...
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No, City very much part of Greater London http://j.mp/HO0AWe .
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Well, I didn't say "almost" without a reason..
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