Re: The joy of Democracy

On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:08:06 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

On 2024-10-19, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

Scale is the real problem. A state like the US with over 300 million
people, half of which would like to see the other half hanging from
lamp poles,  is impossible without a highly coercive government.

 
Not the number of people - the divisiveness. Which may come from
inequality, ethnicities or racism. Yugoslavia is the textbook example.
Fell completely apart once the iron fist softened just a little bit.
 
But ... "it can't happen here!"

Yugoslavia was another one of those ill-advised creations after WWI.
"We'll draw a line around these people that hate each other and call it a
country."

Czechoslovakia worked out rather well. The Czech Republic and Slovakia get
along much better after the divorce.