Why can’t the split be 35:15? If the alternative is a war costing 10 million lives?
I think JB has a point. We split 35/15 and after a few years of Venezuela in the socialist states they’re going to start pumping their people that their lives suck because they got tricked into a bad deal yada yada because if politicians know if they can’t redirect a mobs anger externally they’re screwed.
Additionally, a split like that would signal to the rest of the planet that the superpower US is down for the count and the global statist bags of shit would goad the commie split offs to action and probably supply them with material, money and intel.