This is the kind of realization Brexit should throw in your face. There are highly disparate groups of people with different ideologies that want nothing really

This is the kind of realization Brexit should throw in your face. There are highly disparate groups of people with different ideologies that want nothing really to do with one another, and the only reasons they are forced to mutually participate are for historical inertias sake, and for the sake of those who profit off the status quo. The inerta relates back to why large empires and countries formed to begin with. With the advent of NATO and the nuclear deterrent it is ludicrous to think anyone who is either nucularly armed or has defensive pacts with the armed could possibly be attacked or invaded by a traditional military. War today is predominantly economic, but allowing disparate populations to go their separate ways while maintaining positive relations and trade for mutual self interest only serves to grow economies in the long term.