fractious
(en)
difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome
Why is Europe so clearly failing to emulate the United States, which also began life as a loose confederacy of fractious states before consolidating magnificently in response to its various existential crises?
I mean I don't know if I agree about the "magnificently" part but I guess he's comparing to Europe so fair enough
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