• Enkrod@feddit.org
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    the US-Canadian border has been one of, if not the, most peaceful borders in the entire world.

    the most peaceful and mutually beneficial border on Earth.

    Tell me your views are extremely America-centric without telling me.

    The only way you can have those views is if you know nothing about the EU at all.

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      The US and Canada haven’t fought since 1812. Which European border of a major super power has a longer history of being close allies?

      The UK and Scotland shouldn’t count because Scotland isn’t a sovereign country, they are a state of the UK that has lied about retaining their sovereignty for 500 years (which is why they have to beg England for permission to even hold an independece referendum)

      Spain and France shouldn’t count because Spain worked with the Nazis in ww2 and wouldn’t help France.

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        Switzerland? Apart from a bit of aerial bombing during WWII it’s been a pretty peaceful border since that time Napoleon invaded.

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          I considered that, but Switzerland was under seige by fascists on 3 fronts from 1939 to 1944 (the Nazis pressured the French-Swiss border and Italian fascists pressured the Italian-Swiss border)

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        The US and Canada haven’t fought since 1812. Which European border of a major super power has a longer history of being close allies?

        What’s the definition of “being a close ally”? You’re using the date of Canada and USA last conflict, but for Spain and France you’re using political alignment.

        I think Portugal and Spain also make a good candidate if we’re looking back only until the early 1800’s. The border itself had a few changes but they were peaceful IIRC, the last conflict was 1801?

        On a separate note, the quote says has been the most peaceful and beneficial, so it’s not so much as a matter of peaceful for the longest time. Even if EU borders weren’t peaceful way back, quite a few of them are so peaceful nowadays that they barely register as existing. In terms of most beneficial, I’m not sure how to analyze that.

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        Fair, but on March 26 the initial Schengen-Borders will have been basically nonexistent for 30 years.

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          Canada and the US have been close allies for 200 years. The last time they fought was 1812 Edit: I was wrong, we have only been close allies for 130 years

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            Not 200 years. The last major conflict was the War of 1812 but relations weren’t rosy until the Great Rapprochement starting around 1895. The period inbetween saw the Fenian Raids, Patriots’ War, Britain’s tacit support of the Confederacy and the Trent Affair, and disputes around the Oregon Country and Alaska border. Hell, Confederation happened mostly because of fears of the US’s growing power after its civil war.

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      It has been detrimental to the many first nations whose lands have been divided.