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What would the world look like if the south had succeeded in breaking the United States up? Would there have been a military force in the Americas strong enough to go to Europe's aid in WWII, let alone fight and win a second front in the South Pacific? Highly doubtful absent that strong federal government that you don't like. I shudder to think what the last 100 years would have looked like absent a strong United States of America. I'm very, very happy that the south lost no matter the cost. Because the cost of not having a United States is much, much greater.