Almost since I was able to read, I have been a consumer of science fiction stories.\u00a0 Back in the 1960s Asimov\u2019s Foundation trilogy was considered part of the canon of great science fiction.\u00a0 For the non-science-fiction-nerd, the Foundation stories are based on a conceit that a galaxy wide empire of human planets was formed and then, just as with the Roman Empire, it ends up in decay.\u00a0 A mathematical genius named Harry Seldon perfects the science of \u201cpsychohistory\u201d and calculates that the fall of the galactic empire is imminent and unstoppable and that the dark age to follow it will last 30,000 years before civilization reestablishes itself again across the Milky Way galaxy.\u00a0 Seldon also calculates that if he could manage to set up an isolated \u201cfoundation\u201d of scientists it can act as a seed to hasten the new civilization so that the galaxy can be restored to order in just a millennium.\u00a0 Okay, end of science fiction history lesson.<\/p>\n
Remarkably, the real world is now starting to resemble the fictional galactic empire and it got me thinking.\u00a0 Do we need a foundation in this country that can survive the wreck of our republic and maybe form the nucleus for a rebirth of normalcy in this part of the world?\u00a0 Asimov wrote the story so that the Foundation was located in the most obscure backwater of the galaxy so that it would be missed by the still powerful empire until it was too exhausted to be dangerous to the new civilization growing there.\u00a0 Whether the analogy extends that far is a question.\u00a0 In fact, I don\u2019t even see a reason why it should be just one seed.\u00a0 It seems smarter to have multiple centers and let them coalesce over time once the threat from the present federal government is reduced or eliminated.\u00a0 But I could see how a large and powerful state like Texas would be a target for the feds while a small state like Arkansas might be missed when the feds go looking for trouble.\u00a0 And another difference between literature and real life might be that rather than a complete destruction of the old state possibly we\u2019ll see the old union start to reform with both sides of the political divide forming coalitions with the states that have the same politics.\u00a0 Maybe the red states start pulling the same sort of stuff that the blue states do.\u00a0 They can restrict their trade to just the states that align with their political view.\u00a0 They can pass state laws to make it more difficult for the blue states and federal government to interfere in the aspects of life that they tend to cause problems in.\u00a0 And they can coordinate their efforts to punish the blue states when they make a nuisance of themselves.<\/p>\n
These things are already happening on the ground in the blue states with initiatives like sanctuary cities and so the question is whether some kind of coordination between these centers in the red states would be the equivalent of a new foundation.\u00a0 Maybe the term foundation doesn\u2019t seem precisely right but what we are talking about is the strength of a state being needed to protect its people from the feds and the woke establishment. \u00a0A state is big enough to resist coercion from the federal government.\u00a0 The blue states have done a great deal along these lines and for the most part not a lot has been done to stop or even hinder them.\u00a0 I know that the Left will resist this with every force they can bring to bear but just having the authorities in the reddest states begin the work of separating their interests from the blue states would be a sea change in how we all look at our place in the country.\u00a0 And it would legitimize the point of view that the states are going to begin taking back their rights from the federal government.\u00a0 In fact, that might be the only thing that can save this country.\u00a0 What I mean is that even though both sides hate each other if we loosen up the controls so that the individual states can control their own affairs, they may be able to stand belonging to the same loose confederation as their enemies.<\/p>\n
Now the only question is where should the new capitol be?\u00a0 Never mind.\u00a0 No capitol.\u00a0 Just let the senators zoom from home when they need to talk.\u00a0 And no salary either.\u00a0 And two terms maximum.\u00a0 Let\u2019s be smart this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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