Clearly not.
It’s simply not possible to separate socialists from a free society... because they are more expansive than capitalists... and yet so dependent upon the very system they seek to destroy.
If we were to split along ideological lines, with liberals on one side, and conservatives on the other, The liberals would move into the conservative side and start the whole process over again.... and in the long haul, complete loss of capitalism in favor of socialism would result.
Why? because they would have succeeded in the time tested tactic of:
DIVIDE AND CONQUER!
Divide it down the middle.... east of the Mississipi to the liberals, illegals, and Muslims, west of the Mississipi to the conservatives.
Of course that means a large volkwanderung of southeastern conservatives to the 50 wide strip along the Pacific coast which will be depopulated by departing liberals. And good riddance — California was paradise when I was a kid, and if the good Southron folk can help us restore it — y’all are most welcome, dudes.
Make sure the damn democratic states get to keep their damn debt and millions of “public servants”... with the exception of military personnel who want to come with us and bring their toys.
Red zones grow almost all the food. The ultimate logistical advantage.
Hear! Hear! There's nothing wrong with telling Washington D.C. you want a divorce. 200+ years was a nice enough marriage but now she's turned into a nagging old shrew that's unliveable to be around.
I want a divorce and there's no reason why a settlement can't be peacefully arranged.
Think of it like a business that divests itself of one of its strongest assets in order to keep the rest of the company afloat. The new country would subsidize a fair share of the debt to buy its freedom from the tyranny of Washington (to obtain federal land, military installations, equipment for air traffic control, etc.) and, in doing so, provide another object lesson as to whether capitalism or communism is the superior form of government.
It was already tried in East Germany vs. West Germnay and we all know which system survived. But the liberals want to make Washington and the country the new East Germany, so I say let's re-enact this experiment all over again and see which economic model endures.
Haven’t read all the posts so if these are repeat questions I apologize.
Where’s our Capitol going to be?
How do we relocate the Obama maniacs from the red states to the blue states?
Remember: Ticks follow the blood supply so...we of course will have to fire up our gun factories and defense companies to full throttle!!
I think the Freedom loving States of this Federation need to get together in a separate manner, separate from congress and deliver the rest of the U.S.A. the tyrant’s an ultimatum:
Either Respect our rights to be left alone and govern ourselves, or we will seek separation from you, and if that leads to violence and bloodshed we are committed to defend our rights no matter the cost.
But we will no longer remain subjects of your unrestricted tyranny! We will either be free State along sides you in peace or in a war.
Not just that. Just a few years back, Czkeckoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic without any bloodshed in a nice civilized manner. A few years before that the former republics of the former USSR, split into their individual 15 independent republics like Georgia, Azerbaijan , Turkmenistan etc, without that much trouble. So it can be done.
” Nonetheless, violent secession can lead to great friendships. England is probably our greatest ally.”
Been known to happen.
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It sounds like a good idea in theory, but does the Constitution have a provision for such a thing?
Why not? Surely, that would be the best thing not just for us, but for the Lefties too. It would certainly be more democratic. As it is now, we get in power and impose our beliefs on them against their will. Then they get into power and do the exact same thing. Letting Massachusetts control Texas or vice-versa really isn’t governing by the “consent of the governed.”
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Dang, I like living where my ancestors settled ~320 years ago...
Good point by Walter Williams.
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First somebody needs to come up with a way to keep ‘them’ from slithering into our country when their ratholes get worse and then we can start planning.
Upon reading this article, I agree its probably best that we part way and split into 2 or more Federations, if either side refuses to go back to strictly limited and highly spartan constitutional Federal government.
We simply cannot live together like this!
We will never agree on how to run all theses aspects of our diverse 300 million lives, nor will we agree even whether or not to attempt to run them from the government!
We have to split ways before this becomes a matter of blood shed. A house divided against itself cannot stand, so let us move out into separate houses!
Let us divorce ourselves from the oppressive central authority which we can never agree on.
We can each have our own way in our own lands and leave each other alone.
Yes. I prefer that to an inevitable CWII.