I doubt it will lead to war in the next 50 years. Just a long, slow, balkanization as the fed dissolves itself to save resources for war, and individual state policies become both de facto and de jure domestic policy. The US simply becomes a military alliance, utility grids slowly isolate into state borders with weird purchasing agreements happening across state lines. The Fed’s new policy of increasing industry at home will subtly backfire as states obtain some form of resource and economic independence. Wages will continue to depress via inflation. Travel through some states may be restricted in the name of screening for illegal immigrants at first before applying to all travelers through that region. States continue to increase the size of their local guard and militias. City budgets continue to allocate the majority of funds to cops.
War wouldn’t be useful to States until such time that resources can’t cross easily over state borders. If, for example, Arkansas were blocking Utahan uranium from entering Illinois for their power plants, Illinois would then begin putting out propaganda about the negative characteristics of Arkansans like we currently do with Russians, probably emphasizing their backward ‘red-state’ mentality. But that alone wouldn’t be enough to cause conflict, the economic side would be of prime importance.
I doubt it will lead to war in the next 50 years. Just a long, slow, balkanization as the fed dissolves itself to save resources for war, and individual state policies become both de facto and de jure domestic policy. The US simply becomes a military alliance, utility grids slowly isolate into state borders with weird purchasing agreements happening across state lines. The Fed’s new policy of increasing industry at home will subtly backfire as states obtain some form of resource and economic independence. Wages will continue to depress via inflation. Travel through some states may be restricted in the name of screening for illegal immigrants at first before applying to all travelers through that region. States continue to increase the size of their local guard and militias. City budgets continue to allocate the majority of funds to cops.
War wouldn’t be useful to States until such time that resources can’t cross easily over state borders. If, for example, Arkansas were blocking Utahan uranium from entering Illinois for their power plants, Illinois would then begin putting out propaganda about the negative characteristics of Arkansans like we currently do with Russians, probably emphasizing their backward ‘red-state’ mentality. But that alone wouldn’t be enough to cause conflict, the economic side would be of prime importance.