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If it helps, as a thought exercise think of each state in the USA as a separate country.

if it helps to see how idiotic this exercise is, think of each HOUSEHOLD in the USA as a separate country.

[dangus]

>> if it helps to see how idiotic this exercise is, think of each HOUSEHOLD in the USA as a separate country. <<

LOL! Rude, but funny, and correctly makes the point: states are less separate populations than continents!