**** Elections thread *****

[OngBonga]

No, you're both suggesting that my inability to define "superstate" to your satisfaction means there is no distinction between a nation state and a political and economic union.

It would be much easier if you understood that by "superstate" I mean something that isn't a nation state, instead of trying to tear apart what the word means.

Like I say, you are more concerned about what "superstate" means than you are about anything else, like the use of the word is the result of Farage fearmongering, or some stupid shit like that.

The EU is not a country. The UK is. There is no logical inconsistency there.

A logical inconsistency is to argue the EU is only a customs union, while saying it's similar to the UK, which is a superstate.

[Poopadoop]

The EU is not a country. The UK is. There is no logical inconsistency there.

But you seem concerned with the idea that a number of separate countries could form into something akin to a larger political union. My riposte to this was that is exactly what the UK is.

[OngBonga]

But you seem concerned with the idea that a number of separate countries could form into something akin to a larger political union. My riposte to this was that is exactly what the UK is.

This is where the similarities end.