I'd hate to go back to the bad old days.
For many people, people living in poverty in the US and Europe, the bad old days are now.
I truly don't understand why people feel the need to wish things to fail. There is a mob (external and internal) wishing the USA would crumble (it won't), now this European Union posting.... Is there anything people may like to see prosper? I wonder. Anyhow, I live in USA and I have nothing but gratitude for this great country that took me under his wings. I have lived in Europe for years too, and I was lucky the EU had enforced no borders between member countries at the time. I did travel a lot and have also nothing but good memories and gratitude for the EU, specially my Dutch brothers. Of course went to the UK, several places (yes, I was driving on the "wrong" side of the road and it was so much fun). People from Wales (Cardiff), they know how to party... Too many stories. I will always choose to see the bright side from everything. That's the message.
Of course. I'm just moaning about the EU for the sake of it. Nothing to do with experiencing life (decades of it) under the EU.
Nothing to do with the understanding how the EU works more than a tourist.