Countries exist not just in the tangibles of cities and borders but in the interlinking of communities by the abstract idea of what or who they are, which, which creates the social contract. A country will unravel first in the abstract, before its felt in the physical. Imo
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@SamuraiElf To that point, the homogenization of these communities, from family owned businesses to corporate entities was key in this process. Every town looks the same with chain restaurants and stores littering the landscape.