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>Imagine the united states lost the civil war. Imagine from the moment of independence the argument of the constitution vs the articles of confederation never happened. Imagine the country spent its entire existance changing regimes and these new regimes never managed to crush its opposition or find a proper compromise but instead rewarded armed thugs and warlords with goverment positions
That's exactly what happened, though. The US right now is run by warlords and armed thugs.