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The fact that you commented against a proposal made by a parent made me believe that you were in agreement with it. Sorry!

To be honest, it's not about what people value. It's about what we have in practice. There hasn't been a war between EU countries for a while now, and that's something that I appre…

This is the textbook definition, yes. At least in France's political jargon.

For me, the whole aspect on which the EU is a no-brainer is peace, and leverage against powerful lunatics and maniacs, like Trump and Putin. Which is precisely why the latter is he…

These conclusions are only yours. One could argue that although the ceiling could be pretty low, it's not something that is set in stone. Besides, it's not like your alternative is…

The anecdote is funny, but what does it have to do with anything? One could argue that the statist systems in Scandinavia work quite okay... don't you agree?

More competitive, OK. Who doesn't want their country to be more competitive anyway, whatever that means? Certainly no one in their right mind would argue to make it more diverse, m…

Except we're not talking about a far country in a galaxy far, far away, but a close ally that actively benefits from the advantages of being a close ally, while pulling bad tax tri…

I wouldn't qualify this as a knee-jerk reaction. I'm not saying it's not misguided in its current form. What I mean is that tax evasion in the EU is a well-known problem, and a fix…

1 - You seem to imply that for one to be a good "bureaucrat", one needs to have roots in the private sector. Can I just say that this is far from obvious for everybody? If anything…

I was also taught in French schools that the Versailles "diktat" was a good reason why Hitler rose to power.

I work in a small full-stack JS/TS shop, and we've inherited a RoR application lately. I see a lot of criticism against the Javascript ecosystem. Let me tell you why I prefer worki…