I guess you can think of it that way, but I don't quite see what it gains you. Ultimately the math is the only description that matters. Whether you think of gravity as being a force or a curvature is just words. When you say "there is no force, falling is caused by the curvature of space-time" you haven't explained either falling or forces, you've substituted different passwords, suitable for a more advanced classroom. The math doesn't explain anything either, but at least it describes accurately. At some point - and in physics you can reach that point surprisingly fast - you're going to have to press Ignore (being careful to avoid Worship, thanks), at least for the time being, and concentrate on description rather than explanation.
Well, my question could be viewed as about the math. ie: "does the math of the standard model have the property that if you removed any explicit mention of electromagnetism, strong force, or weak force and just kept the quark and lepton fields + the math of the symmetries for those, would that be sufficient for it to effectively already contain EM, strong, and weak forces?"
And as far as gravity being force or geometry, uh... there's plenty of math associated with that. I mean, how would one even begin to talk about the meaning of the Einstein fie...
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