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It doesn't really feel like it. For typical people nothing changed. The laws were changed a bit so that they're more unified and the market forces work a bit differently. But sovereignty itself? No. Every country still has authority over its own territory. It's not independent authority, but was it ever? (in practice, that is) The countries are still divided much more clearly than the states - in every way I can think of.



I'm not saying it's a bad thing - most people are happy to trade their freedom for some convenience, money, and security.

You don't notice the difference because the freedoms you have lost were ones you rarely exercised.




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