The European Union will not be a socialism of jackboots, imperialism, single-party elections, gulags, and summary executions, but a slow, soft, quiet suffocation in bureaucracy, where lives and fortunes will be wasted in the pursuit of uniform sizes of toilet paper. There will be annoying restrictions and rules on every aspect of existence, redistribution of wealth, punishment of individuality and innovation, and the usual fabulous schemes for a Better Society. I know the kind of people in charge of the EU and they can no more keep from doing this kind of thing than an anvil can float. It's marrow-deep in the socialist bureaucratic mindset.

Unfortunately, this mindset is not restricted to Europe by any means. Hey, I live in a state where I can be prosecuted for buying a toilet that flushes too hard.

On the other hand, for some Eastern European nations, the only direction they can go is up, so what have they got to lose? Britain, on the other hand...