I'm curious as to what we would look like, had the States gone their various directions?
Before Lincoln consolidated the states under a central power, they were already in "their various directions".
And this was (is) a good thing?, particularly in light of we were at the height of the European imperial era and possible expansion into the continent? While I agree the CSA were very much in their right to secede, a United States (at lest until recently, and more specifically Universal Suffrage and democrats), this country is one HELL of a great place to live in...
