I\u2019m almost of the opinion that since they don\u2019t want to do anything more than threaten (I agree with you on that), then we should use the sable-rattling as an excuse to escalate things. Call their bluff, so to speak. The problem is that it has to be coordinated and purposefully and resolutely led. An individual would simply be prosecuted (ie Jan 6 investigations).<\/p>\n
Otherwise, without getting into legality, the \u201ceasiest\u201d answer to me is a new nation. Let them have what they want and let us have what we want. In the 1860s, the northern states acdtually needed the agriculture of the southern states so it made sense to fight over secession. That\u2019s not true any longer.<\/p>\n
Presumably, any nation is just a collective of \u201csimilarly-minded\u201d people (Or at least, similar on key, fundamental issues). That being the case, what is the argument from the left AGAINST forming 2 nations within our area of the continent? One nation for \u201cthem\u201d and another for \u201cus\u201d?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s illegal!!\u201d Prove it! And even if you can prove it, so what? Make it legal, then.
\n\u201cBut the Constituion\u2026!!\u201d So? The Constitution was written, endorsed, and signed by men who forcibly declared their independence from their sovereign nation!<\/p>\n
Seriously, what is left? What argument can possibly stand up to the logic of simply forming a second nation? (I say \u201csimply\u201d because it is the thought process that is simple here, not the actual forming of a new nation.) The \u201csides\u201d here are so diametrically opposed to one another that \u201cone nation\u201d is no longer logical.<\/p>\n
Actually, now that I think of it, the national debt is a big problem with this thought. How does it get split? Then that leads to other things like Social Security\u2026 while these things are issues that stand in the way, if we truly wanted to, we could find equitable solutions to anything if people were willing to work in good faith toward those solutions. And therein lies the problem in my cynical mind. I don\u2019t trust \u201cthem\u201d to work in that good faith.<\/p>\n
Now I\u2019ve succeeded in depressing myself\u2026 thanks brain\u2026 thanks Photog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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