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In reply to the discussion: Is the U.S. on course for a breakup? [View all]Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)46. The divide is between the US and Dumbfuckistan
And that follows the urban/rural divide, not any geographic divide.
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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
i don't check with russia before i form an opinion; i check with facts and evidence. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2017
#76
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 think it is the damn talk radio that is controlled by right wing broadcasters/ interests
kimbutgar
Feb 2017
#41
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
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
The Deplorables and Drumpf would eliminate that judge by any means necessary if they could.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2017
#63
when my late mum was a little girl , her teachers warned that this could happen
AllaN01Bear
Feb 2017
#24
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
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
Any breakup would have an exodus across State lines from red and blue populations
kairos12
Feb 2017
#64
we can hope; it is probably the only way for dems to have any kind of national power. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Feb 2017
#75