Maybe it's time to talk secession.

[Hekate]

45. At this point we are two countries, intertwined. Look at the history of Pakistan/India partition...

...to see how badly wrong separation can go.

There are other countries where the “enemy” is your neighbor. Try Israel and Palestine. Have a look at Ireland during The Troubles. Everywhere there are examples of bloody conflict over land that can occur when people decide they can’t live together.

Seldom do we humans get a chance to just move on and start over in an empty land. It means leaving everything you know behind (house, property, farm, relatives) for one thing. But more importantly, no land is empty of other humans.

One of our foundational myths as Americans is that is how America was founded. The Pilgrims thought they could build a “New Jerusalem” — a perfect society. The pioneers thought the vast continent was empty and theirs for the taking. Too bad about those pesky Indians, though: they were here first.

My heart breaks at what we might become. But one thing is sure: we can’t partition our way out of it.