The more I think about things, and how well stuff works in other countries, i believe it’s due to the sheer size and demographic makeup of the country. I often times wonder if it would be better managed with more of an EU style system where certain standards are core across all states and then leave each country to truly govern themselves.
I’m fairly certain this was the original goal when the country was founded and the idea of states rights, but at some it feels like things got flipped on their heads.
(Note, this is probably more of a rant and I know there are definitely things that would not work as well in that situation, but part of me wonders if it’d be a better solution than what we’re stuck with right now)
If the US were Balkanized, there would be a never-ending series of (potentially nuclear) wars to control the continent, plus the wars that would break out in places across the globe that only don’t have wars because the US has a vested interest in there not being a war in a given location, plus the inevitable takeover of any given location that China has had its eye on.
So… better for the world in the sense that global mayhem even more than we currently experience is better for whom, exactly?
I did not mean proper balkanization with interstate wars. Just breaking up the US as OP suggested.
Regardless, the idea that the US’s imperialism has brought peace to the world is deeply unserious. As well is your notion that China would be the new global aggressor. At worst it would be the regional hegemon that it has historically been. Israel and the UAE have been far more aggressive than that and with the US’s backing.