I should have left off the part of the quote about slavery, the part about the motives of the politicians who would exploit discontent and disorder is what I was meaning to present.
Good. Then we're in general agreement. When Perry briefly mentioned secession to a tea party crowd last spring, the liberal reaction was accusations of wanting to bring back slavery, old west lawlessness, tax cheats, etc. so I am quite sensitive to that suggestion.
Any major change is going to have some winners and losers. It's inevitable. And any major change is going to also wind up with a few folks gaming the system to line their own pockets. But the gaming has gone on for years now under the present system too. Why do you think T. Boone Pickens was so hot to trot about weee-und?