Star Trek: Discovery (2017) S4 E4
mattalica 6 points 2 years ago*.

Think Brexit… was it easy for the UK to leave the EU? Not at all. Now imagine if any country in the EU could leave on a whim without any repercussions. What if a new anti-EU, populist leader is elected and says “Hey, we’re out” — if it’s that easy, then anyone could go whenever for whatever reason. As stated in the show, if we did that then you get all the benefits of membership and all the responsibility is on us. This is the way coalitions work in the real world - the EU, NATO, UN, OPEC, etc. etc. etc. Exit clauses are never “you can leave whenever you want with no conditions” but rather “if you want to leave, there is a process for that (and it won’t be easy).

ct451 2 points 2 years ago.

I understand what you are saying. Their argument was about the disturbance. My point was that much like the burn if this thing disrupts the federation and they decide they are out then the federation cannot do much to oppose them. There is no intergalactic court of law to force anyone to keep their agreement. This is not like being a country on earth. The UK interacts with EU countries in countless levels and they can push back and the people/politicians in Britain were split up about Brexit because there was no triggering event.