Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Patrick Carroll
“National borders have become deeply ingrained in many parts of the modern world. While some borders do change from time to time, many others — such as the Canada/US border — have been the same for decades and have come to be taken for granted. … But with Trump’s recent moves, people are waking up to the fact that we don’t need to accept the longstanding status quo borders that we’ve inherited. If everyone is on board, we can just change the map if we feel like it. The people who drew the existing lines aren’t in charge anymore; we are, and we have every right to draw different lines if we so choose. The question then arises: What kind of political borders should we want? What’s the ideal size of a country, and, conversely, how many countries should there be?” (03/16/25)
https://fee.org/articles/america-is-already-a-large-country-lets-not-make-it-bigger/