hello everyone today we are going to be talking about the idea of a federalized europe and why i think it's a good idea my previous video on the subject didn't really fit my overall content style so this would be my second take so in this video we are going to be talking about the following a quick summary of what a european federation would look like a discussion of the most relevant arguments against it me presenting my arguments for it in light of what we heard so far then we take a look at how feasible all the material is and finally how i would have the federalization process play out oh and if my voice sounds a bit different in this video that's because i've been a bit sick lately so let's get to it shall we what do we understand under a european federation it's a system of governance where the local governments transfer some of their tasks to an overarching federal body so that those tasks can be better coordinated on a continental level and here i'd like to make a note that federalization doesn't involve centralizing everything we're not the soviet union after all as we'll see later on we're talking about the strategic centralization of certain parts of government decisions about local issues would continue to be made locally of course unless they contradict some kind of overarching goal so in practice in a european federation the european parliament would be an analogue for the house of representatives and the european commission would be an analogue for the senate of course i'm talking about the us government here the president would either be nominated by the parties or directly elected a european federation would also involve common military common foreign affairs common finances and a common border security and asylum system among other things so this is my rough sketch of what a european federation would look like so basically certain key aspects of government would be under common federal control so would this system be viable let's find out after a brief word from today's sponsor skillshare skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes covering all kinds of interesting subjects stuff like interior design or how to properly care for your houseplants or the essentials of drawing or how to study for exams or how to boost your productivity i myself am doing a class right now about adobe illustrator by den kulken and nathan goldman and it's super cool it's very practical intuitive and easy to follow and a very important thing for me personally skillshare curates its content specifically for learning meaning there are no ads no hidden paywalls no bait and switches you are free to explore absolutely everything and guess what skillshare is now running a promotion that means the first NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN of my subscribers to click the link in the description below will get a one month free trial of skillshare thank you for checking out skillshare heads like these help support what i do and now on with the program before the recording of this video i asked you to give me your best arguments against the european federation i've read lots of great responses so thank you for taking your time from all that you've written i've collected the most relevant and most often recurring and i would say best arguments against the federation and now we're going to address them one by one now almost all counter arguments involve some kind of rift within europe which could make the federation idea non-viable irreconcilable
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN let's find out after a brief word from today's sponsor skillshare skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes covering all kinds of interesting subjects stuff like interior design or how to properly care for your houseplants or the essentials of drawing or how to study for exams or how to boost your productivity i myself am doing a class right now about adobe illustrator by den kulken and nathan goldman and it's super cool it's very practical intuitive and easy to follow and a very important thing for me personally skillshare curates its content specifically for learning meaning there are no ads no hidden paywalls no bait and switches you are free to explore absolutely everything and guess what skillshare is now running a promotion that means the first NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN of my subscribers to click the link in the description below will get a one month free trial of skillshare thank you for checking out skillshare heads like these help support what i do and now on with the program END_SPONSOR_TOKEN