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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by calvinmorrison on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:58PM (#23783029)
Balkanization is the fastest way to find out what works and doesn't and allow for local control and decision making, it also makes nice for frequent wars and nutty leaders.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:12PM (#23783217)
But if Arizona implements a different healthcare system than New York, even if each hates the other system, they don't get to have a war, because neither of them has a military. (OK, they each have their own National Guard elements...)
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by rndmize on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:46PM (#23783598)
Nuttier leaders than what we currently have, you mean? As far as I can tell, the US did pretty well with less federal power for several hundred years; I don't really see how rolling back 50 years of federal policy would lead to balkanization.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by wnoise on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:32PM (#23784815)
Several hundred?

Two or even three is not usually not considered to be several.

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