47 EU wants to change the terms of membership to force countries to obey them (twitter.com) posted 109 days ago by SophiesBoyfriend 109 days ago by SophiesBoyfriend +47 / -0 23 comments share 23 comments share save hide report block hide replies
This is what the US Union did when it faced a secession crisis. Suddenly state autonomy did not matter anymore under threat of war.
History doesn’t repeat, but rhymes
South fired first.
And why did the south fire first?
They thought they could pull off a fait accompli secession while also occupying federal forts & supply depots without conflict. When that failed they thought they could crush the Union in one big battle and that didn’t work either.