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> "It's the reason why if you look at a list of the world's oldest nations the United States is right at the top, and is one of the largest." Really? Please ca
by amirmc 12y ago
> "It's the reason why if you look at a list of the world's oldest nations the United States is right at the top, and is one of the largest."
Really? Please can you elaborate on this as it makes no sense to me.
- gyardley 12y agoHe's arguing that the United States has had a stable political system for a long period of time because the federal government has relatively few powers, allowing the people in its widespread, culturally-different regions to craft state and local governments to their liking. I suspect he believes an activist, centralized government, imposed on all Americans, would eventually result in the division of the United States. There's plenty of stuff in there to debate (the US did have a rather bloody civil war, so it's not like it's been perfectly stable), but his argument is plausible enough - I'm not sure why it makes no sense to you. Personally, traveling around the United States has convinced me that there's ten countries worth of distinct cultures in it - one-size-fits-all government isn't going to work well.
- ThomPete 12y agoThe size of the country have a much higher impact on the fact that there haven't been more conflicts IMHO.