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[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even if it didn’t, a balkanized US is better for the world regardless of the politics of those Balkanized states.

[–] Melina@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Won’t it just lead to nuclear war

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

USSR was Balkanized without nuclear war

Even if it did, it’s a band aid we have to rip off eventually

[–] BioWarfarePosadist@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Real posadist hours over here.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think so. Post-Soviet Russia had a lot nasty internal struggles like the war in Chechnya and nuclear weapons never went off then.

[–] Saeculum@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Chechnya had no access to nuclear weapons.