Originally Posted by
t43562
... in other words (forgive me) you cannot create a powerful state by agreement - it's only war and force that work. Ok, those are not your words but that's the practical meaning. The USA only exists as it does because of conquering Mexico and defeating the Confederates. China, Russia, India - all big because of conquest. So a situation where it happens by agreement, which you seem to want to compare to the Soviet Union (another creation of force) ..... is apparently impossible. So much for mankind .....
that has been tried in Europe before as well. Wasn’t a huge success….