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View Poll Results: Should the U.S. separate along political lines instead of the main political groups fighting over co
Yes, the U.S. should peacefully disband to accommodate the preferred policies of the large political groups. 31 60.78%
No, we should fight over control either politically or violently until one group wins and defeats the other. 20 39.22%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-18-2016, 05:51 PM
 
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There is no upside to splitting the nation for the liberal side.

They would be cutting themselves off from their means of survival. Without conservatives to do the work, and pay the taxes that they live (sponge) off of, they would be a short lived nation.

The entire premise of the thread is a non starter.


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I believe the blue states have a much greater GDP than the red states.
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:56 PM
 
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Sure, why not, things couldn't get much crazier. And after the split, I suggest that the conservatives build a wall and get the liberals to pay for it...
We'd trick them into thinking it would benefit them.

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Texas keeps threatening to leave, so let them. That alone would be a huge improvement. Let them build a wall around themselves so they can't get out.
In two years, liberals would be screaming about how it's not fair that they can't come in.

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I don't think you know where the money comes from in this country, here's a hint, it doesn't come from rural Kansas.
Once Kansas starts charging you $50 a pound for wheat, people in places like NYC will export billions to Kansas once they tire of eating subway rats.

Carthage loved increasing the price of grain as Rome declined.
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Old 07-18-2016, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Then what would we call ourselves when we are no longer the UNITED states????
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Then what would we call ourselves when we are no longer the UNITED states????
I'm not sure we can even call ourselves the United States right now. Just look at this forum. Too many posts have an us versus them attitude.
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:08 PM
 
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Then what would we call ourselves when we are no longer the UNITED states????
The States Formerly known as United.
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Proxima Centauri
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So the west coast and the north east become one nation and the southeast and the plains states become another?

That will never fly with the billionaires. They want to dominate the nation as it is.
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:14 PM
 
Location: Native of Any Beach/FL
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Then what would we call ourselves when we are no longer the UNITED states????
The BiState ... But looking at the $$$ more Repubs states use welfare and food stamps. , so the dems would succeed - sad, but true --but some republican money bags would pay some judge to move the lines... Hmm hmm
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:15 PM
 
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I would gladly live in the conservative/capitalist part of the country.

I wonder which side would have more unrest?
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Proxima Centauri
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We'd trick them into thinking it would benefit them.

In two years, liberals would be screaming about how it's not fair that they can't come in.

Once Kansas starts charging you $50 a pound for wheat, people in places like NYC will export billions to Kansas once they tire of eating subway rats.

Carthage loved increasing the price of grain as Rome declined.
So in NYC they buy from Canada instead.
By the way Mr. Wizard Carthage fell in 200 BC. Rome began its decline five hundred years later. As Rome began to be dismembered the Vandals occupied the land where Carthage once stood.

And we liberals just want Florida below route 4.
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Old 07-18-2016, 06:21 PM
 
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The BiState ... But looking at the $$$ more Repubs states use welfare and food stamps. , so the dems would succeed - sad, but true --but some republican money bags would pay some judge to move the lines... Hmm hmm
Guess who lives in states like LA, MS, AL, etc.?
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