There is a precedent in history for the multi-cultural state where people are united by a political system instead of a common culture such as the US is rapidly becoming: the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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I'm not sure we'll ever see another World War. Too many electronic systems of manipulation, pulling levers of all forms of our system. At this point you could just buy entire Governments.
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Heathcliff ago
There is a precedent in history for the multi-cultural state where people are united by a political system instead of a common culture such as the US is rapidly becoming: the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The result was World War I.
SolomonPapermaster ago
Yugoslavia too.
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LevelRelationship ago
I'm not confident we'll see another meeting of the minds in our lifetime. Would be nice to be wrong, though.
Heathcliff ago
I don't mean to predict world war. Just an example of how unstable this is.
LevelRelationship ago
I'm not sure we'll ever see another World War. Too many electronic systems of manipulation, pulling levers of all forms of our system. At this point you could just buy entire Governments.