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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 10 February 2015 11:05:00AM *  0 points [-]

To a certain extent, this is already the case. The different states of the US each have different policies and allow free migration of individuals. Most European Union countries allow open migration from and to other European Union countries. I do not get the impression that this puts pressure on the weaker governments to reform.Also, there may be 

To a certain extent, because the overarching government only allows variation within a certain window.

I do not get the impression that this puts pressure on the weaker governments to reform.

Indeed, rather, it's evaporative cooling.

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