My friend DR has posted a link to a pretty good article about what the author refers to as the growing secessionist movement in the U.S. Please read it, and then return for discussion.
What I said in my comment:
Many of [the author's] conclusions appear correct, although I disagree with his politics (no surprise, there). There are many, many who are beyond "fed up" and have moved on to "given up" re: the federal state. Be it ever so difficult, politically/financially/socially, they want OUT. Out of the corruption, the pandering, the politicization of everything, the scary-fast growth of the Nanny State, the impending demand for a doubling of the current tax rates, and the desire to "progress beyond" the Constitution.
They just want out. And I'm thinking they make a very good point.
Further thoughts: I wonder if the pro-secession folks have given thought to what they'd have, on the outside of the U.S. Will they be able to maintain a sound political structure? Is their state's constitution going to be used by the newly-independent nation-state they've created? What safeguards do they propose to ensure that the existing state government will continue, unimpeded?
Will their new country have diplomatic ties to the remaining States? Will the U.S. deign to recognize their passports? What about currency, i.e., whose will they use? If their own, what will it be based on? How will they conduct trade with the States? And will they seek confederation with other seceding states, or try to go it alone?
And if things go Tango Uniform from there ... where would they be able to go?
As the Joker advised Lt. Eckhardt: "Better be sure."
2 comments:
I think some have thought it through, like Vermont, the League of the South, and Alaska's Independence Party. The only thing I think that will be a stumbling block for those who want independence is will they be willing to give up the handouts from DC?
Most of those, here, are resolved to get by without DC's help. Opening the North Slope, the Arctic Ocean, and what is currently "ANWR" (but wouldn't be in a free Alaska) will generate billions of barrels of oil and gas.
An added benefit, for the independence-minded: perhaps the most left-leaning handout recipients will flee, heading south to places where the handouts are still available ... for now.
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