Older Article, but an interesting read. "The Man Who Thinks the US is Better Off as a Bunch of Countries"

[zeppelin128]

Plus the mass movement of folks that would have to occur. It is an interesting thought experiment.

I'd at least like my moving expenses paid.

 

[AirVol]

I'd at least like my moving expenses paid.

Always looking for handouts.

 

[n_huffhines]

As a general rule of thumb, where businesses tend to benefit from economies of scale, governments do not. Breaking our country into smaller sovereign states does present certain problems, but it fixes a lot of issues, too. I don't get how people are so dismissive of this, as if the current iteration of federal government is a model of success. We are totally broke. We are totally wasteful. We are totally corrupt. We are totally dismissive of revolutionary ideas for fixing this.

 

[n_huffhines]

Adhere to the 10th Amendment instead. Megalomaniacs in DC.

It's not happening.

 

[zeppelin128]

Always looking for handouts.

Yep. Given your hatred, seems fair? Man folks will have to leave your hate filled society.

 

[AirVol]

Yep. Given your hatred, seems fair? Man folks will have to leave your hate filled society.

Pay for your move yourself ya damn bum.

 

[zeppelin128]

Pay for your move yourself ya damn bum.

Well, that is an improvement on wanting to murder folks, I guess.

 

[Doberman]

Call me a pessimist, but the divide doesn’t seem likely to be stemmed.

Let’s Balkanize, and get in with it.

 

[Caculator]

Call me a pessimist, but the divide doesn’t seem likely to be stemmed.

Let’s Balkanize, and get in with it.

Pessimist

 

[lukeneyland]

As long as free trade and relatively free travel were allowed it'd be interesting. I wonder how they could bloodlessly divide national assets though

 

[MG1968]

As long as free trade and relatively free travel were allowed it'd be interesting. I wonder how they could bloodlessly divide national assets though

Once The Texas Federation quadruples its price for excess generated electricity it sells to the California Republic, there will be war.

 

[rekinhavoc]

Once The Texas Federation quadruples its price for excess generated electricity it sells to the California Republic, there will be war.

If you hear Row Tide one more time in Tennessee there will war.