There will be no "peripheral states flipping" in the USA. Secession is not an option here.
This is only true as long as there is money for the military.
When money is gone, the military is gone.
Money goes easily when a country has a large debt and need other countries to continue to buy into that debt.
It wasn’t an option in the USSR, either.
Under the current understanding of “not an option”. Who knows when this changes.
This is only true as long as there is money for the military.
When money is gone, the military is gone.
Money goes easily when a country has a large debt and need other countries to continue to buy into that debt.