[erkelly]

If such system could be worked out, and maybe it could the problem is that it would not last. The socialist/communist side would be broke and bleeding population very soon, productive people would soon be seeing the error of their ways and fleeing, while the nonproductive people would be headed toward the communist states. The communist states would soon be broke, the engine of production broken down, including agriculture, the dictators who rule the communist states would placate the people by telling them, via their state-controlled "free press" that the liberty states had gotten more than their fair share of fertile land, factories, money, etc., and that they needed to go to war and take what was "rightfully" theirs; and, by the way, the only reason the communist state was not working was because the whole country was needed to make communism work. Then, if the communist states were successful in taking over all the states, they would then be eyeing the entire continent. Communists are not peaceful and they are never content with what they have.

[dp0622]

you’re right.

It’s the reason the other four boroughs wouldn’t let us secede when we wanted to.

it’s a microcosm of what you are talking about but it holds true.

the bums in the bronx and brooklyn NEED our blood, sweat and tears to pay for their welfare.

they eye us with bitterness and jealousy and don’t consider us part of NYC which i say THANK YOU for.

if we had seceded and thrived, it would have driven them crazy.

it’s not the best example, but i’m sure it’s the same in many states or cities or townships

one part working hard so the other part can do nothing.

war WOULD ensue if we broke off into nation states.

you’re right