It wouldn't be healthy to have a large potential enemy next door with a chunk of resources that used to accrue to our benefit nor to abandon the 45-47% whose wishes are in accord with the majority of the nation we all live in but who aren't in line with the majority of the state.
Furthermore demographic changes suggest that the majority will be in some decades in accord with the rest of us if we don't blink now.
More importantly it would create a legal precedent that if allowed would fracture the US utterly diminishing our global power and likely leading to long term conflict which we may lose.
Anyone want to see civil war v2 with the new Confederacy aligned with China and Russia?
Conflict with China and Russia seems increasingly likely already in the long run and as China's star rises they have less reason for restaint.
Traditionally the rising star wars with the existing powers when supremacy is in doubt and that would very much be the case if we split in 2 or 3 and allegiance to eachother were in doubt.
There is every reason to believe that the US will defeat the fascist threat presented by Trump and come through it whole. If we allow seccession we will instead likely see the US split into the US and Trumpistan with TX only the first domino to fall. Doubtless other red states would follow probably into a loose confederation of states itself in danger of splintering further.
The best case would be ending up the EU with major economic ties preventing conflict between China and Russias aspirations crushed in Ukraine.
This is however a massive dice roll with no guarantee that it goes so well especially for women, liberals, and minorities in the red states.
Furthermore demographic changes suggest that the majority will be in some decades in accord with the rest of us if we don't blink now.
More importantly it would create a legal precedent that if allowed would fracture the US utterly diminishing our global power and likely leading to long term conflict which we may lose.
Anyone want to see civil war v2 with the new Confederacy aligned with China and Russia?
Conflict with China and Russia seems increasingly likely already in the long run and as China's star rises they have less reason for restaint.
Traditionally the rising star wars with the existing powers when supremacy is in doubt and that would very much be the case if we split in 2 or 3 and allegiance to eachother were in doubt.
There is every reason to believe that the US will defeat the fascist threat presented by Trump and come through it whole. If we allow seccession we will instead likely see the US split into the US and Trumpistan with TX only the first domino to fall. Doubtless other red states would follow probably into a loose confederation of states itself in danger of splintering further.
The best case would be ending up the EU with major economic ties preventing conflict between China and Russias aspirations crushed in Ukraine.
This is however a massive dice roll with no guarantee that it goes so well especially for women, liberals, and minorities in the red states.