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I wonder how a divided nation would have fared aginst the Nazis of the mid-twentieth centery and the Communists of the late twentieth century.

I wonder how our two nations, the United States of Middle America and the United Coastal Socialist States would fare now against our enemies.

Given that the UCSS would be the new Workers Paradise, I wonder where the bulk of the population would immigrate to.

Just wondering.

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"I wonder how a divided nation would have fared aginst the Nazis of the mid-twentieth centery and the Communists of the late twentieth century."

I have often wondered the same thing. I believe that, even absent the warfare that came as a result of the rebellion, the south had neither the resources nor the infrastructure to survive the inevitable incursions by the French or British who would see the split as the perfect opportunity to acquire (or reacquire) a foothold in the Americas.

Unfortunately the split would have also left the north similarly vulnerable (but to a greatly lesser extent). Even if the south was to repel invaders the very attrition that decimated their already fragile economies would ruin them and they ultimately would either accept conquer and assimilation by foreigners or a return to the United States.

I think Ben Franklin said it best when he stated: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."