Question by dconstruct: What’s wrong with dissolving the USA in favor of a Confederation of States?
I am not talking about 1860, I am talking about right now.
Clearly, the country is deeply divided. People from the “Heartland” are outraged that they must suffer the “spiritual and patriotic bankruptcy” of places like Boston, New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Sanfrancisco. People of the coasts belitlle the people who live in “the Gap between the coasts” as Rednecks and hicks.
What is the matter with severing our ties of federation such that if people in New York who favor liberal social policy no longer wish to call God-fearing Christians who “bitterly cling to their guns and religion” they don’t have to.
Pentecostals in Nebraska would no longer have to fear God “removing his hand of protection” from them because people in San Francisco think that it is ok for men to wear wedding dresses and for women to have wives.
If such a disollution of the USA were to occur, which regions/states, if any, do you think would emerge as the most prosperous?
Which regions/states, if any, would prove to be breeding grounds for violent discontent, insurrection and even terrorism?
Would there be any regions/states overrun by Warlords like in Rwanda? Would any regions/states resort to ethnic cleansing?
Would any regions/states turn to theocracy, Taliban-style?
What, if any, are the modern arguments for political union?
I’m all about provoking thinking…
Best answer:
Answer by Liberal AssKicker
Because we already have a confederation of states.
Isn’t that what federalism is?
Look, unhinged liberals are in a very small minority and they are getting smaller. We don’t need such wide-sweeping changes to handle such a small problem.
This kind of competition in the marketplace of ideas is what America is all about. This kind of division has existed in politics ever since George Washington. It produces good results in time, if anything else, just in exposing the freak shows for who they are so we can get rid of them.
Just look what happened to Rosie O’Donnell! The only time we ever see her is when Bill O’Reilly gives her a shout out on “Pinheads and Patriots”, and every time he does SHE’S IN CANADA!
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