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PaulDavisThe1styesterday at 6:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

There will be no "peripheral states flipping" in the USA. Secession is not an option here.


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silvestrovyesterday at 6:47 PM

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.

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empath75yesterday at 7:07 PM

It wasn’t an option in the USSR, either.

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tw-20260303-001yesterday at 6:53 PM

Under the current understanding of “not an option”. Who knows when this changes.

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