Are We Doomed? Here's How to Think About It (New Yorker)

[Metaphorical]

8. Yup

The Federalist coalition (ironically) evolved into the Southern Secessionist movement prior to the Civil War. The Strict Constitutionalists that now sit on the SCOTUS are Federalists - they do not believe that the Bill of Rights should exist, which was the primary concession that the Federalists made to the Anti-Federalist northern states (with the 2nd Amendment being the poison pill that the Federalists added after the agreement).

I still think we're likely to see the US split into at least three separate countries before the end of the century, and quite possibly as many as six. Too many corporate interests driving significant chunks of the country towards neo-feudal oligarchies, too many billionaires with essentially unchecked power.