Comments by "Maggie Jetson" (@maggiejetson7904) on "Why are there so few city-states?" video.

  1. The Pirate Bay
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  2. 1) Illegal substance trade or gambling, 2) Make your money from the addicts in a nearby big nation, 3) has nothing to be worth invading for in terms of resources.
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  3. Singapore was in Malaysia but got kicked out for political majority reason. Getting rid of Singapore makes Malaysia a Malay majority and no worry of Chinese and Indian influencing the votes.
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  4. Singapore got kicked out of Malaysia because Malay wants to be a Malay majority state and the Chinese and Indian in Singapore might ruin it.
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  5. In 2050, many "nations" on earth would really be considered a city ruling the rural nearby as most GDPs and populations will be in the urban area. i.e. South Korea is really Seoul + rural, Japan is really Tokyo + Osaka + rural, England = London + commoners, etc.
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