“It is a vital concern of every State not only to vanquish nomadism but to control migrations and, more generally, to establish a zone of rights over an entire "exterior.”” —1000 Plateaus. A demonstration that the EU is not a state, and that Europe is, in a sense, stateless.
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It’s like the UN in this respect, a 1950s vintage vision of how international cooperation would look that now looks almost kitsch. We’ve gone much beyond that vision, largely driven by the Internet (but other factors, too).
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antiquated it a relative term. the eu is antiquated compared to, say, twitter, but not other constitutional forms like the nation state. going back to the OP, whatever is emerging (whether that is best represented by the eu or something else) will be a new constitutional order...
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- i.e., another form of the state - and not its disappearance and replacement with some sort of fantastical deleuzian apparatus
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The migrant crisis is a fantastic Deleuzian apparatus in actuality. Just wait till they’re armed. Another aspect, in London there are slums with 6 to a room for the Dleiveroo & Uber drivers (came in clinging to the Eurostar). “Technomads” (filthy word) roam about at the classy...
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...level. The EU doesn’t even fulfill the basic requirements of being an old-style state, let alone something new. Let the old men of the EU move their marinara chess pieces around their imaginary board. The nomads are remaking Europe.
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*imaginary chess pieces. They probably eat spaghetti Mariana too, though.
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EU is an emerging iteration of statecraft that's further refining the method of 'Rule By No One' (first prototyped by democracies).
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