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14. The Committees would draw up the rules and such things...

Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:57 PM

Jan 2022

Logically, people and businesses would move around... before the Secession was finalized, a process that'd probably take 10+ years

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Thoughts and Facts about Secession. [View all] WarGamer Jan 2022 OP

I think it would be ore like 'Sooners all over America bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #1

we would have a second civil war lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #2

Wouldn't happen. WarGamer Jan 2022 #5

you can't draw a map with red and blue that makes contiguous geographic sense lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #9

Civil War? WarGamer Jan 2022 #10

you think that a state petitions the SCOTUS and they say "sure thing" lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #16

I didn't say that. WarGamer Jan 2022 #22

What makes you think the population would think it was necessary 30-50 years from now? marie999 Jan 2022 #36

The US government would not sanction it. marie999 Jan 2022 #33

At a future date... WarGamer Jan 2022 #35

What makes you think 40 states will want it 30-50 years from now? marie999 Jan 2022 #38

this is purely hypothetical... WarGamer Jan 2022 #40

Agree. If California, Oregon and Washington wanted to go off and make their own country Calista241 Jan 2022 #18

The Committee would draw the map to give equal access to ports, resources, etc WarGamer Jan 2022 #23

What committee? Calista241 Jan 2022 #37

We're either Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia. WarGamer Jan 2022 #41

All of Europe and the US fought a pretty serious armed conflict in Yugoslavia. Calista241 Jan 2022 #44

That's why most would prefer Czechoslovakia. WarGamer Jan 2022 #48

Or India and Pakistan. Or North and South Korea. Or Abbott and Costello. marie999 Jan 2022 #46

You've got it backwards. The rightists are the usually the secessionists. brush Jan 2022 #52

Some rando saying Texas will secede if 'such and such' doesn't happen Calista241 Jan 2022 #56

Rightists and conservatives are usually the same thing. You do get that, right? brush Jan 2022 #58

Interesting... But I doubt a secessionist state would abide by any agreed upon conditions. Karadeniz Jan 2022 #3

But they'd be drawing half the conditions... WarGamer Jan 2022 #6

red states are parasites on the nation, their new nation would be financially a failure nt msongs Jan 2022 #4

It'd be a different paradigm post secession. WarGamer Jan 2022 #7

when you leave you get to keep what u already have and that's it nt msongs Jan 2022 #8

except for the military that we all paid for lapfog_1 Jan 2022 #12

The Committees would draw up the rules and such things... WarGamer Jan 2022 #14

What about a state like Pennsylvania? Freddie Jan 2022 #11

PA would be Blue block... the rednecks would move South. WarGamer Jan 2022 #15

So it's the political version of ethnic cleansing. Gotcha. Calista241 Jan 2022 #21

It's your choice where you want to live... WarGamer Jan 2022 #24

It will have to. How will Nebraska handle foriegn trade when... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #13

I'd imagine an interesting map WarGamer Jan 2022 #17

Ever hear of the Berlin airlift? marie999 Jan 2022 #43

What Kind Of Divorce Would We Have? FrankTC Jan 2022 #19

Agreed. WarGamer Jan 2022 #45

Ulysses S. Grant, 1875, had some thoughts on this... Hekate Jan 2022 #20

You think the people in red states would be happy? Lars39 Jan 2022 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #26

Have you brought this up at any Democratic fundraisers you hold? Baked Potato Jan 2022 #27

This is a hypothetical scenario of course... WarGamer Jan 2022 #29

If they want to sucede let them go. SCOTUS would have nothing... brush Jan 2022 #28

If SCOTUS gives the power to a Commission that draws borders and divides assets... WarGamer Jan 2022 #31

Where are you getting that notion that SCOTUS would have any... brush Jan 2022 #42

There would be no such thing as breakaway states WarGamer Jan 2022 #47

Ahhh...show us where that has happened in history. brush Jan 2022 #50

Czechoslovakia. WarGamer Jan 2022 #63

Not going to work. Only 5 states have 50% or more Republicans marie999 Jan 2022 #30

Some States would have to dissolve into Team Red/Blue against their will. WarGamer Jan 2022 #32

Peaceful secession is not possible. Calista241 Jan 2022 #34

great points... WarGamer Jan 2022 #39

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In the olden days of DU, MerryBlooms Jan 2022 #49

Actually, GD should probably encourage people to check out the CS group... Hekate Jan 2022 #53

Thank you for about an hour of fun and games. marie999 Jan 2022 #51

Another thing to ask is: Do we really want a client state of an adversarial power on our border? JHB Jan 2022 #54

Wolverines!!! davsand Jan 2022 #55

Thread winner. (nt) Paladin Jan 2022 #59

The Roman Empire split into two half empires which quickly became competitors, not two parts of a wh keithbvadu2 Jan 2022 #60

Good point... but a different era WarGamer Jan 2022 #66

What a state would give up mercuryblues Jan 2022 #61

Why give up? WarGamer Jan 2022 #65

Do you really think the US government mercuryblues Jan 2022 #68

SCOTUS would never rule in favor of secession. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2022 #62

Not today perhaps... WarGamer Jan 2022 #64

Red nation theocracy with its own Christian ayatollah. keithbvadu2 Jan 2022 #67

You are making the mistake of believing their talk of succession. haele Jan 2022 #69

Or it could be quite a bit more chaotic. Crunchy Frog Jan 2022 #70

This is like the MADD discussions in the last century. Hortensis Jan 2022 #71

Wouldn't Texas be returned to Mexico? msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #72

Why would SCOTUS be the deciders in such a scenario? msfiddlestix Jan 2022 #73

What's with this Russian propaganda crap? rockfordfile Jan 2022 #74

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