/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>10404416
>personally I think we're one really big economic crash away from balkanization, which would be long overdue
>>10404442
>The US should've been a decentralized confederation of semi-autonomous states all along IMO.

Disgusting, the american(USA) market should expand, not shrink

>>10404519
>It fucking WAS and then that fucking cabal of Madison and Hamilton and Washington and the rest fucked it all up and now everyone is so thoroughly indoctrinated that even our right wing things the Constitution was a good thing; Patrick Henry was right all along reeeeeeeeeeee
the constitution is a good thing (the supreme court's interpretation of it ever since is more eh though)
>>10404567
>Certain parts of the states need to remain on a federal level, such as a strong national military and the right to tax.
>The articles of confederation were shit
This and
>>10404623
>Our neighbors are Mexicans, Canadians, and fish. We coulda stayed put and been fine; before the 20th century the only thing the stronk military was used for was to kill other Americans and annex the Philippines
youre forgetting the various banana republics we messed around with, not to mention the coup that we used to annex the Kingdom of Hawaii
thats what its best for, Teddy's been the best president we've had, since the reconstruction era anyways


usa has easymode best location, hands down, border two friendly (and weaker) states, two oceans (so we can trade across an ocean easily to anyone in the world) tons of useful land with a large population, but plenty of empty space to expand into to avoid bengaldesh-tier overpopulation for the next few centuries
combined with our unequivocally strongest navy in history, and economic might