Venice was one of the great Renaissance City States, like Hong Kong is today. It is still wealthy, and the people appear to be tired of socialism.
So will anyone object? Italy is less than 100 years old, and Venice was a City State for far longer. No doubt these places will become new Singapores, where peace and prosperity reign. USA was supposed to be 13 (now 50 countries) allied, but that went wrong.
We see from Crimea, the USA political class does not like independence moves. Wonder if we can have a Hong Kong in USA.
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“We have to fight for it [independence],” Giovanni Dalla Valle, head of the Veneto independence movement, told RT. “We will do it in a peaceful, diplomatic way. We do strongly believe that when the majority wants to be independent there is nothing they [the Italian government] can do.”
Veneto independence activists say they have been inspired by secession movements in Scotland and Catalonia.
So will anyone object? Italy is less than 100 years old, and Venice was a City State for far longer. No doubt these places will become new Singapores, where peace and prosperity reign. USA was supposed to be 13 (now 50 countries) allied, but that went wrong.
We see from Crimea, the USA political class does not like independence moves. Wonder if we can have a Hong Kong in USA.
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
4 comments:
Add Scotland, Quebec, Kurdistan, Some provinces in Spain...?
Do you think China will be emboldened to try and annex Taiwan now?
Why would they do that? Taiwan is just another SEZ to China at this point.... another goose laying golden eggs.
I suppose SEZ implies control, but my point is more on the Goose and Golden Egg aspect... USA burned Taiwan in 71 and 80, and I suspect Taiwan will make an arrangement with Beijing rather that depend on USA promises, which are rather thin and whimsical.
The relationships right now are mutually beneficial, and they have mutual views on Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands... the feuding generations are gone and the new generations have better things to do than fight.
Who knows?
I suppose SEZ implies control, but my point is more on the Goose and Golden Egg aspect... USA burned Taiwan in 71 and 80, and I suspect Taiwan will make an arrangement with Beijing rather that depend on USA promises, which are rather thin and whimsical.
The relationships right now are mutually beneficial, and they have mutual views on Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands... the feuding generations are gone and the new generations have better things to do than fight.
Who knows?
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