Why did mega power nations form in the first place?
Because of war !
Bigger nations field bigger armies and up until the present time that was almost essential for defense, or
to be able to attack another nation and steal their resources !
With the advent of nuclear weapons the ability to defend our nation with deadly force has rendered the need for
massive ground armies obsolete, and with 3rd and 4th generation warfare being a large multicultural nation may in fact be a disadvantage.
Another issue is providing for the society aka socialism where we redistribute wealth to help disadvantaged in our society . With massive nations this is inefficient and creates class hostilities that are counter productive .
We see the many issues of this showing up in our political debates [Obama phones ] and black inner city women having babies to increase their welfare checks , which really pisses off the working white folks and causes class anger and hostility.
The former Soviet Union disintegrated and reformed as a loose confederation that has many more freedoms in place and actually are doing rather well economically!
So I ask ?
Is it going to happen here , and if it does should we embrace it and act before we are forced to change?
James Dale Davidson : in several books wrote about the paradigm shifts that take place every so many years and they are involved with economic cycles and social shifts. Thinking about this concept brings to mind the Industrial revolution and the Great depression to name just 2 events that were world wide and impacted society.
I believe we are now in a massive paradigm shift !
So where do we go from here?
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