• dmrzl@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    To be honest in my head US state == country in Europe and USA == EU. Both are unions of states - one of them is just younger and less binding.

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      7 months ago

      Similar, absolutely, but there’s a LOT more uniformity to states in the US than member states of the EU. Every state speaks English, every state has the same laws generally speaking for about 90% of things, etc.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, that’s what I meant by binding. Just wanted to say that it is not really surprising that the majority of Europeans in these comments compare US states to EU countries.