DonQuixote99
pfm Member
I remember thinking about how our 'federation' worked some years ago. There was a dispute in court. Big City was dumping raw sewage in river. Small City, just downstream, sued to stop them. Big City said they had to, for engineering reasons, they were working on system. Big City won in court. And that settled that.Jeez. They would definitely need to be unarmed. Otherwise, it's back to the wars of the roses. I've no idea how it could/would work. Personally, I find it difficult to imagine how the world/could work without nation states. Mind you, the USA is a federation. A giant USA type arrangement..."The United States of Pangea"? Not for me, ta.
'And that settled that' was the part that I found interesting. Smaller City really didn't like the way Big City was stinking up their town. But I don't think anyone even thought of mobilizing a militia to take violent action against Big City. Still, imagine if an international border ran between the places. In that case, I think tempers would have flared higher. the sewage dumping might itself well be viewed as an act of war, demanding retaliation!
Just different viewpoints toward same facts. In once case force is in theory on the table, in the other it's literally unthinkable. Best thing that ever happened around here is the constitutional convention that got rid of the nascent international nature of thirteen state borders. But 'not for me' is the usual reaction when people are told THEIR borders might go away....