Also would reduce polarization.
Rather than endless 51/49, you have two separate, internally aligned entities with clear sense of direction and what they want to build. Then selective migration of people between jurisdictions.
Rather than endless 51/49, you have two separate, internally aligned entities with clear sense of direction and what they want to build. Then selective migration of people between jurisdictions.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1451763327198240773
The counterargument is that two separate polities may evolve differently enough that they *eventually* engage in interstate conflict. Especially if one of them is taking the others’ citizens.
Possible! But the alternative is internal civil conflict, and that isn’t good either.
Possible! But the alternative is internal civil conflict, and that isn’t good either.
The honest argument for the EU wasn’t that the bureaucratic superstate is efficient. It was meant to sew together jurisdictions such that they don’t even think about fighting each other. Avoiding war was the motivation. europa.eu/european-union… 
The flipside of “strong men create good times” is that strong men can also create bad times, namely by picking unnecessary fights with other strong men and plunging countries into war.
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