"Leaving the EU would mean the 'Guernseyfication' of the UK, which would then be a little country on the world scale. It would isolate itself and become a trading post and arbitration place at Europe's border."It seems to me that the EU are doing their best to scare us and perhaps they think it is a little bit of reverse psychology in that they pushing us away to make us stay. No offense to the voters out there but that is probably a little too clever for anyone to pick up on. The last time Germany made threats we ended up with two world wars and I am sure nobody in their right minds wants to see that again.
What does it mean to be in the single market (good and bad):
- Free movement of goods - no customs at borders, goods are inspected at the traders premises
- No tax on goods - that's a good thing.
- Free movement of capital - this is brilliant news for terrorists far easy to conduct Money laundering.
- Free movement of services - which includes Internet purchases, how much do you buy from Internet because it is cheaper?
- Freedom of establishment - Set up a company anywhere in the EU (barring non-profit) great for avoiding paying taxes (sometimes)
- Digital Single Market - Internet, Telecoms (no more roaming charges), Delivery rates, copyright
- Free movement of persons - That means anyone in the EU can work, play or retire anywhere else in the EU plus there are no border controls.
Should we leave then other countries may decide to leave too which could create a snowballing effect to the breaking apart of the EU. We would back to the 1940s (or worse the 1920s and the depression) and you only need one country to get too ambitious. History repeats itself again and again, humanity makes it look easy.
Then you will have World War III, it is as simple as that (by 2030).
We all live on the planet for a short time and we are all abysmal at getting along with one another. Mostly because we want more.
When I first started writing this article I was prepared to be swayed to the leavers side, I thought rocking the boat would be a good idea that chaos in a limited form would be okay but when you follow the simple logic through, the future prospect of a war in Europe is too great to ignore. I have not directly experienced war (only the desensitized knowledge of what I see on the news) but my parents have. They do not talk about it, why would want to talk about something that made you feel completely helpless. In World War I we lost a complete generation of men and women, the second version was far worse. A lot of the voters in this country have never known war and probably do not see it as a potential future threat but it is very real.
The problem is that most people do look that far ahead maybe five years maximum me included in fact I barely look a year ahead. With a decision like this you have to look at least twenty to fifty years ahead which could be quite easily beyond many the current voters life spans but it is not beyond their children's. When I give to charity it is always a children's one because they are our future, should we vote to leave then we could be taking their future from them. How selfish are we?
There are arguments on both sides but this is the only one that really matters.
Chaos without Order is Anarchy and that only leads to a death.
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