If the United States collapses, will it be divided into seventeen countries like the Soviet Union?
Sadhu
There are probably two ways for a country in the world today to maintain unity and unity, one is to rely on religious beliefs, such as the countries in the Middle East, which are at war all year round and do not have good conditions for economic development, so they can only rely on religious beliefs to maintain the unity of a country. The capitalist countries of the West have completed their de-religionization, and the only thing that can unite these countries is interests. That's why when the U.S. economy is in a downturn, serious social problems arise. In today's capitalist countries, it should be said that when wealth is gathered, people gather, and when wealth is dispersed, people are scattered.
Western countries are united only because of interests
The situation of independence is not only in the United States, some time ago Western Australia also wanted independence, mainly because the Australian government followed the United States closely, so that Australia suffered huge economic losses. Scotland in the United Kingdom also wants independence, and that is because Britain has left the European Union, which has caused Scotland to lose a lot. That is to say, the Western countries are now able to unite mainly because of common interests.
The social problems in the United States are now prominent, the problem of the new coronavirus epidemic has not been solved, and the racial problem has begun to spread again, which has caused the US economy to be seriously affected. However, US President Trump has always insisted on opening up the economy in order to maintain the dominance of the US economy in the world, and this is not only the capital of his campaign, but also the capital to ensure the integrity and unity of the United States.
The former Soviet Union disintegrated its economy due to the Cold War with the United States, and its total economic output was 65% of that of the United States at its peak. But the United States is different, the United States is very likely to start a war and win, and only when the United States starts a war and loses will the United States disintegrate.
If the United States were to split into 17 countries, the precondition would be a significant regression in the economic level
So after the disintegration of the United States, will it be divided into 17 countries? The United States now has a total of 50 states, and some time ago when there was a problem of unfair financial distribution, the US state of California began to seek independence. The key is that the nine eastern states of the United States have also carried out joint action, and at the same time, the 13 states of the western United States have also formed a concerted action, all of which want to be able to take economic dominance into their own hands and oppose US President Donald Trump's control of economic dominance. It can be seen from this that if the US economy is not greatly damaged, these regions will still be united.
Under what circumstances will the United States be divided into 17 countries? That is, when the economic level is the same as that of Latin American and African countries, because the economic level of these regions is too low, they are always fighting each other, and they are simply not capable of organizing a huge country. If the U.S. economy really reaches the level of Africa, the U.S. will really split into 17 countries.
Only when the United States is invaded will the economy completely collapse and become a third world country
Judging from the current situation, the US economy will not be reduced to the same level as Africa, so under what circumstances will the US economy be like Africa? That is, the United States provoked wars with other countries in the world, and then it was invaded by other countries, and its own economy was greatly destroyed by the war, and then no country came to support the United States, and finally the US economy plummeted and was sent back to the third world. Only then would the United States split into 17 countries, or into more than two dozen countries, and Latin America would be on the same level as North America. But the chances of this happening are so slim.
If the United States is really divided, the most real situation is to become another organization like the European Union, after all, the United States is originally a loose federation, and after the split, it may become like the European Union, with a relatively developed economy, but it will not be aggressive.