-PJ
Yes. That is why I called it a “pre-civil war” perspective. And I mean I “loosely” compare it to the EU.
I keep thinking about, before the war, people calling themselves “virginians”.
I use this analogy, before the war, the country was like a brick wall. The bricks are states and the mortar is the FedGov.
But now it is a mortar wall with fifty little marbles embedded in it.