[freeflight]

This ignores that such a breaking up of the US would very likely be based on similar dynamics as "balkanizations" that see smaller groups put their own identidy above that of the bigger group.

Sentiments that will be reinforced during a civil war when these groups keep trading violence and atrocities with each other, that creates a lot of bad blood and tends to make people identify in ways that differentiate them from "the enemy".

Not even Americans are immune to that, it's an issue latent to this day whenever state rights vs federal government comes up.

[actionfromafar]

It's already happened to some extent but with virtual states - Dem & Rep.