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2. This is a long-standing wet-dream of the anti-regulatory ideologues

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Is the U.S. on course for a breakup? [View all] singed.dude Feb 2017 OP

I see it as a possibility tinrobot Feb 2017 #1

I think we'd have to lose a world war first Warpy Feb 2017 #26

Or a Civil War. Initech Feb 2017 #39

yeah, I could see it Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #44

In that case, I can see NM making the Interstates impassable while Warpy Feb 2017 #49

This is a long-standing wet-dream of the anti-regulatory ideologues struggle4progress Feb 2017 #2

New Mexico will NEVER join Texas.... alittlelark Feb 2017 #3

And Texas would NEVER be aligned with Oklahoma KatyMan Feb 2017 #21

In many states the divide seems to be urban vs rural. milestogo Feb 2017 #4

it's all states, really Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #45

I agree with this...I actually like this idea, because I am sick of red states taking out tax $$ adigal Feb 2017 #56

Or the Makers vs Takers as most of those Red States receive more benefits from the Federal Goverment politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2017 #68

Russia's wet dream. Initech Feb 2017 #5

I agree and am suspicious of ANY "innocent" talk about breaking up the USA flamingdem Feb 2017 #59

i don't check with russia before i form an opinion; i check with facts and evidence. nt TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #76

no. onenote Feb 2017 #6

How do people who literally loathe one another live together in perpetuity if not by force? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #9

Well, since there are republicans and Democrats in every state, I'll put the same question to you onenote Feb 2017 #11

I don't know... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author kimbutgar Feb 2017 #22

the rural-urban divide in this country is tremendous and getting worse Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #31

I think it is the damn talk radio that is controlled by right wing broadcasters/ interests kimbutgar Feb 2017 #41

good point... I know a lot of it has to do with rightwing media Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #43

that's ridiculous onenote Feb 2017 #65

ok, what's your explanation and how do we win these folks? Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #70

This says it all.. pangaia Feb 2017 #33

Appalling to think that way about a demonstrable insane man kimbutgar Feb 2017 #47

I drove through this area a couple of weeks ago going to Tahoe. Initech Feb 2017 #40

I think that conservative blue staters would be free to leave for red states and vice versa?? adigal Feb 2017 #58

A few years ago, they tried to get a ballot initiative voted on which would have divided California politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2017 #71

Same way we always have: laws, norms, and common agreement Hekate Feb 2017 #18

Well DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #19

What makes you think that people who are in total disagreement would agree to seperate grantcart Feb 2017 #34

Does that mean the states will be held together by sheer force like the former Soviet republics? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #42

Soviet Union, unlike the US, was never a voluntary union. grantcart Feb 2017 #48

I remember eleven states who left the Union of their own volition. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #50

You are missing the point completely. grantcart Feb 2017 #55

What principles ? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #57

The same principles that gave the judge in Seattle the POWER grantcart Feb 2017 #62

The Deplorables and Drumpf would eliminate that judge by any means necessary if they could. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #63

a week ago we were on the verge. But the Superbowl brought us back together Bucky Feb 2017 #7

hahaha! Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #32

Nopity nope nope Averagegrunt Feb 2017 #8

Alaska cannot afford independence. bravenak Feb 2017 #10

That would suck Alaska is awesome Averagegrunt Feb 2017 #15

It sure is bravenak Feb 2017 #17

I see this being accelerated in the next 4 years kimbutgar Feb 2017 #12

yes, it's all so fucked up that something has to give Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #36

Doubtful, but if it were an option I would be in favor. DanTex Feb 2017 #13

I hope it doesn't happen before the end of the Super Bowl. nt NCjack Feb 2017 #16

No. It's science fiction. I can point you to the shelf in the bookstore. Hekate Feb 2017 #20

Some people in California may want to secede but it will NEVER happen. Calista241 Feb 2017 #23

when my late mum was a little girl , her teachers warned that this could happen AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #24

What kind of ignorant "teachers" did she have? WinkyDink Feb 2017 #51

I think I will live to see an independent California, but I also think I will live to see 100. Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2017 #25

But they need our tax receipts and if they destroy what makes us great they won't get it. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #67

6-8 Seperate Nations would make good sense. democratisphere Feb 2017 #27

This is EXACTLY what Dugin and the Russians are promoting and what they want. pangaia Feb 2017 #28

Bannon is in support of California secession, Nevermypresident Feb 2017 #29

Bannon has lived in California for thirty years Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2017 #53

The last time Turbineguy Feb 2017 #30

That's what I was thinking Yupster Feb 2017 #38

If this happens, I hope I can be granted political asylum in a new blue nation. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #35

Yes, we would have to do that and I would love to send some of my neighbors to red states!! nt adigal Feb 2017 #60

No DesertRat Feb 2017 #37

The divide is between the US and Dumbfuckistan Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 #46

Any breakup would have an exodus across State lines from red and blue populations kairos12 Feb 2017 #64

People are too geographically connected across regions liberal N proud Feb 2017 #52

In the South, it is a rural / urban divide. MarvinGardens Feb 2017 #54

It is an interesting academic exercise, ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #61

Mental masturbation Kilgore Feb 2017 #66

Map of the former United States; repost from 3 months ago. jg10003 Feb 2017 #69

My first thought is Yupster Feb 2017 #72

I don't think the nation of Midland would be viable Yupster Feb 2017 #73

I think it's possible, but impossible to predict the outcome fescuerescue Feb 2017 #74

we can hope; it is probably the only way for dems to have any kind of national power. nt TheFrenchRazor Feb 2017 #75

Who gets the Nuclear Arsenal? A sovereign Alaska Becomes part of Russia delisen Feb 2017 #77