Erick Erickson: Let's Consider Secession

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by JAMS14

I used to pooh-pooh all this succession talk, but as a blue state dweller under the regressive rule of the right, I find myself surprisingly ready to do this now. I would love to leave all the regressive red states behind to live in their theocracies and their worship of the wealthy, and live in a country that wants to progress into the 21st century, not regress back to the 1950s. With how divided this country is, maybe we have finally reached this point.

Indeed. Me as well. Time to ditch the South. And more and more folks I know feel the same way, while 10 or more years ago they would never dream of it. The US is not long for this world.

[WiseManOnceSaid]

Originally Posted by Seacove

I'm a liberal and I like the idea. It really makes more sense. Half this country has zero in common with the other half and better to part as (sort of) friends. I think the country would get along much better if states had more independence and states didn't feel they were funding the bad decisions of other states. If my blue state wants to create health care coverage, they could do it and create rules so that refugees from other states would not qualify until they had paid into the system for a decade or two. If we want to put our focus on education and technology, we can do that while other states can try to bring back coal.

Why instead of having zero in common, why not look for common ground? Why is this an "all or nothing" scenario? Your sticking points are merely a few minor issues that you find important, but in the big picture, we are all human and there's more to us than trying to cram us into categories.