Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
That works when there's enough of it.

Or better yet, we can't be sure if we've made that step from clan to country until we've seen how we act when the going gets tough.
Economic issues were, of course, a central part of the argument but the country was, I would argue, a pressure cooker kept below critical pressure by Tito. When Tito died he left a power vacuum and it was the subsequent bickering amongst the elite that led to war rather than just political breakup.