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25 sats \ 19 replies \ @Undisciplined 7 Nov \ parent \ on: Political Polarization Relatively Strong in the U.S. Politics_And_Law
That's what elections are. Geographic polarization makes actual breakup much more likely. Neither side needs to control the other in order to get what they want.
It would have broken multiple times before if that were the case.
We have to find a balance or compromise.
All these old people making stupid decisions isnt helping us.
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We have to find a balance or compromise.
Why? It seems better for everyone if we just go our separate ways. There's no common ground in how the opposing sides want the country to be governed.
Instead of taking turns winning and losing, both sides could just be governed the way they want.
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How do you even go about splitting the usa?
Any ideas?
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It's already composed of 50 supposedly sovereign republics. They just each decide if they want to be independent or join a new union with a subset of the other states.
It's a lot easier than people make it seem.
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Are they actually sovereign?
I think it is a bit harder than you think, that is why none have made that transition.
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None have made the transition, because the last time states tried, their populations were slaughtered by the Feds.
I don't think there's an appetite now to violently suppress state/regional independence like there was 180 years ago.
Opinion polling indicates that regional independence is very popular in every part of the US.
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I know texas has talked about it.
And california.
But none of them have moved on it.
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There are independence movements all over the country and some states have even voted on it. It's not unthinkable everywhere. People talk about it as a matter of practicality.