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No, United States cannot be a state, that's just grammatical nonsense.
For fuck sake... : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/state
"state noun (COUNTRY) C1 [ C or U ] a country or its government: The drought is worst in the central African states. member state Britain is one of the member states of the European Union. The government was determined to reduce the number of state-owned industries. Some theatres receive a small amount of funding from the state. affairs/matters of state formal His diary included comments on affairs/matters of state (= information about government activities)."
Still no, United States are STATES (plural), not a State (singular).
The United States is a state. The united states that make it up are states, in a different sense of the word. The brain hurt is happening because you're using two different definitions of the same thing really close together.
No, are you? (Wtf, is this reddit or something?)
"The US is a failed state" is just grammatically incorrect sentence.
No it fucking isn't, because the phrase "The United States" is a proper noun referring to a singular entity.
https://chass.usu.edu/international-studies/aggies-go/nation-states
QED. I stand corrected.
To bad for you, it's all just grammatical nonsense!
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My pedant boner is in the stratosphere. I like you.
Do you write for Letterkenny?
See the above comment for an example of how America became a failed a state and why it will remain as such.
But countries like Romania can?
Yes. Single state. Although Spain complicates things a bit. I just find saying "States is a state" extremely weird. Like saying "Ducks is a duck".