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As I understand it, the forces that keep matter together are strong enough to counteract any expansion.



Unlikely, because expansion of space is equivalent to the slowing of light, as other commenters have mentioned.


Such heuristic explanations are distractions: Locally, gravitational effects (including spatial expansion) manifest as pseudo-forces and hence can be counteracted.




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