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Originally Posted by Xujhan
Do you mean specifically no federal government? Or no official government of any kind? The two are rather different scenarios. With only the federal government absent things would be as they were then; state governments. In the extreme case I suppose the US might simply become 50 separate countries. I think that would be at least sustainable, though I can imagine that problems would crop up.
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I mean both, really. Because the Articles of Confederation established a weak national government, every state essentially had their own government. The national government was just there to poke you and ask "where's my money" and you'll be like "we don't owe you shit." But with 50 governments, there was problems. Most of the problems that I've heard separate state governments was connected to the national government, but there was also problems with trade and commerce. If we got rid of the national government, then do we think that all 50 states are not going to have problems with each other? If we decided to move to a different state, would that state openly welcome us with arms wide open, or would it be difficult like moving to US from Mexico? Would we still be 50 states, or 50 countries? All sorts of questions...
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Originally Posted by Frosty
I've heard a lot of inane hypotheticals in my days debating politics, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one.
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Okay, let me ask you a question: if we no form of government, would we still have a form of currency? The constitution says that the government regulates commerce and trade...that's what the people wanted. So if they can't regulate it because they wouldn't exist, then how would we buy? Would there be a set currency? Would currency lose value and do different means of currency in replace of it? Would separate states ask for the same currency? So if you think about it, it's not that complicated to think about.