Originally Posted by
Ayrsson
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My earlier point was that the form of a federal government that includes so many different races, cultures attempting to live under a single code of laws, requires a large and all-encompassing government to make it work. In the 21st century, business and various other concerns work with government - through visible co-operation and behind-doors lobbying - to direct the nature of government in the US....
...I stand by the prediction that the USA will, in time, fragment, and a handful of sovereign territories, of vary degrees of civilisation will - at different times, and with differing degrees of manipulation from outside - become into existence. But then again, sometimes it appears as if things in the USA are very difficult to predict in the longer (50-200 years) term.