The EU are acting rationally and sensibly for its own interests - but these are fundamentally different to the interests of the UK.
'Greater Good'.
This is the core failing of the EU for UK interests.
Greater Good refers to the sacrifice of the good of someone/thing because overall it will be better for the group.
In a family, members may happily make sacrifices for other members of the family or for the family as a whole - although if what is asked/expected is too much then a member may leave or cut themselves off from the family or certain members of it.
As an independent legal entity/personality the EU operates for its own good - but this will often be at the expense of one or more of its members. In fact the only time it matters that the EU is a legal entity with governmental force is when it needs to make a member make a sacrifice for the greater good... otherwise no force/coercion would be required.
So being a member of the EU - instead of a trading partner - means it can oblige the UK to act against the UK's own interests because it benefits some other part of the EU. In fact the ability to oblige the UK to do so is the sole reason for the EU to have any power over the UK at all. As anything that benefited the UK, the UK would freely do anyway, whether or not a member!
The 'flip side' of this is that other countries may be made to act against their best interests to benefit the UK in some way.
Well, I don't want to force countries to do this. I believe it is fundamentally wrong for a countries government to force its people to act against their own interests. And I certainly don't want to benefit from the fruits of such evil coercion!
But even if I didn't have a moral stance on this - the EU is spreading into more and more disadvantaged countries - who have nothing to give up for 'the greater good', so the traffic/sacrifice can only be one way - away from the UK to other parts of the EU.
The EU are acting rationally and sensibly for its own interests - but these are fundamentally different to the interests of the UK.
This is why the UK should leave the EU - so we can act as we see fit for ourselves - not be coerced/obliged to act against our own best interests and be forced to make sacrifices that would not otherwise choose to do.
(First published at http://free-english-people.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/why-eu-is-fundamentally-bad-for-uk-and.html)
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