When Nationalism Fuels Decentralization And Secession: Lessons From The Cold War – OpEd

By Ryan McMaken

During the early 1990s, as the world of the old Soviet Bloc was rapidly falling apart, the economist and historian Murray Rothbard saw it all for what it was: a trend of mass decentralization and secession unfolding before the world’s eyes. The old Warsaw Pact states of Poland, Hungary, and others won...