I didn't say there was a grand unified vision. They saw themselves as very separate colonies. But they did not, as a rule, raid each other, burn each other's villages down, steal each others' grain, take one another's land. They weren't perfect, but they had a general respect for the rule of law and understood the value of classical virtue and morality.
you’re not wrong about the shared moral framework. you are wrong about a grand unified vision amongst the colonies prevent them from fighting. they did fight. they just had larger enemies and threats that made it infrequent. In fact, the colonies, other than having the same moral framework, lived in the way nostr:npub16wy27uj48r82gskq48uvxku8076h0y9xcngsgry7j4yn6zxmnznqu4hy6a describes. The irony is, those who believe in a grand unified view often call those who believe in decentralization “utopians” which is what they are.
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