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If the US split into 2 then China would offer to help one of the 2 pieces defend itself against the other piece, which greatly strengthens China's position in t
by hollerith 3y ago
If the US split into 2 then China would offer to help one of the 2 pieces defend itself against the other piece, which greatly strengthens China's position in the world with potentially drastic effects on billions of people, so I hope that anyone talking about secession from the US is at least taking that effect into account.
- rayiner 3y agoAnd?
- atoav 3y agoAnd: most of the US population is so used to the US dominance of geopolitica, they don't know how much it gains them. E.g. one of the consequences might be that world business might decide to do business in EUR instead of USD, ending a lot of the ways in which the US currently exploits the situation. Now don't get me wrong, I don't live in the US, and my place might geostrategically profit from such a split in the long term. But it will be a rude awakening for all the "rugged individualism"-people out there to see just how rugged things get once the US isn't in a position of privilege anymore.