The EU was also founded by Western Europeans. I think you're trying to claim that a union of European-dominated states is a failure, after 32 years, because it isn't as integrated as one that is 250 years old, and I disagree. I think we're off to a pretty good start. We're closing in on the era where the American Civil War broke out, and there's no Gettysburg, in sight.

I simply wonder if a union of European states can be anything but authoritarian. When I say America is western European in its founding, I mean British. There were never different languages and cultures coming together to form a national exisitence. The American Civil War was political, not ethnic. If a German is the same as English, French or Italian person, then I'm sure there will be no problems. If they are different, coercion is the only way to ensure they get along.