• Lennny@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      EU has borders though, it just functions like the United States does (in a republican wet dream) in that it’s a conglomerate of a bunch of “states”. ask the UK fucks that get kicked out of Spain now. No borders inside the territory but there’s absolutely borders on the outside.

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      They have a lot of borders.

      They’re similar to the US under the Articles of Confederation. Separate states with free passage among them. Going from France to Germany is effectively the same as going from Georgia to Tennessee.

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        Free passage, but limited rights. In the US, you could move to a state with “easier” welfare programs, and collect them… whereas in the EU (Schengen), you’re not allowed to stay longer than 90 days at a time without having a job/being able to support yourself.