Agree on both counts...
rlhartman
One could argue that the United States did exactly what Europe did with the EuroZone (standardize currencies, etc.). But the difference is that the various States were still quite young in nation-state terms. They had not had centuries of self-governing history, tradition, economies, etc. Europe measures some of its history with four digits.

As to your second point: I couldn't have said it better.
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