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Great piece Ouros, and a coincidence that I'm also imbibing in the depths of European, post Roman, history. I recently returned from my first trip to Europe where I spent my time divided amongst Czechia, Hungary and Austria and now having returned have consumed a few pieces on Central Europe in the Dark Ages and on those specific countries, Hungary most notably, (all from Cambridge Medieval Textbooks which are quite good and relatively inexpensive) I can't help but be fascinated with those societies at the time and the parallels that could be drawn to where we are now and where we might go.

Like you point out we've borne witness to an incredible amount of centralization over the previous centuries and might be finally watching a slow dissolution of these veritable Towers of Power/Babel. Noting NY/CA/TX/FL and their procession to the fore of American political thought only gives credence to the notion that we are witnessing the re-decentralization of power, and I think as we continue to march through the 20's and into the 30's this movement of the US Federal Government to the background of American politics is only going to increase until it is merely a shadow of its former self in a country in which its vassals like NY/CA/TX/FL dominate politics with their own spheres of influence. Something along the lines of: "The US Federal Government dominated these United States until it didn't" type thing. But anyways fantastic post with some things to chew on, please continue producing these great pieces!

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