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MineralMan

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2. Secession Is the Fastest Path to Federal Takeover of a State.

Reply to Charging Triceratops (Original post)

Sat Feb 1, 2025, 11:57 AM

Feb 2025

Don't wish for what will destroy you. Secessionism has already been tried. It failed, and additional laws against it were created.

It's important to be realistic in times of crisis. False hope ends up just being false.

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Please! MORE secession talk!! [View all] Charging Triceratops Feb 2025 OP

No. -(nt)- stopdiggin Feb 2025 #1

So we continue to be slaves then? Charging Triceratops Feb 2025 #4

Putin propaganda has been fueling secession talk since 2017. jmbar2 Feb 2025 #6

So - you would continue to argue (seriously? - wasn't quite sure previously .. ) that this would stopdiggin Feb 2025 #7

Apparently so. LS0999 Feb 2025 #11

I think you do not know what a slave is sarisataka Feb 2025 #12

Secession Is the Fastest Path to Federal Takeover of a State. MineralMan Feb 2025 #2

It failed before because of military intervention Charging Triceratops Feb 2025 #3

Why don't you think it would happen now? MineralMan Feb 2025 #5

I think it's going to look more like the collapse of the USSR LS0999 Feb 2025 #9

More unsupported speculation? MineralMan Feb 2025 #10

I'll take terrible ideas for $500, Alex. tritsofme Feb 2025 #8

I am so old.I remember right wingers talking about succeeding when Obama became President sarisataka Feb 2025 #13

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