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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale

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Is the Minimum Deliverable Unit in Size a Problem in the United States?

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A running russia is ten times more difficult than running a country at tens othe size as disproportion. The state has to keep managing things, the flag, the anthems, the history, the language and all these mattersand it gets harde as disproportionately as the state gets bigger. So you double the storm you have four times a harm. Yes. But don't you think it appeals to people? S isn't part of what we talked about a brexet with mega mc ardll, based on roger scruton's book,. Where we are, don't people have a sense of self, part of their identity that comes from where they livd and ti, ride

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