Let's say the US balkanizes, becomes decentralized and finally stateless. What to do with the nukes that were left over? Who controls them if there's no central power? Obviously, there should just be no nukes, but let's say other countries that are still states have them, so would it be prudent to denuclearize?
but what hegemon would be in contention if the USA is balkanized?
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I fail to see how a "world of PMCs" could retain their standing in a balkanized America for any meaningful amount of time. The liberal class is already half dead.
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Someone will step up. Someone always does.