Secession need not lead to war. Try to separate the two things. A group of states can secede and that will not necessitate war unless the Feds want one. These are wussifued Blue state Yankees and will not fight.
Most likely this will end up like the collapse of the USSR.
Where the Baltic Republics, the ‘Stans, etc. all got their freedom because the central government no longer had the energy to fight to maintain them.
Yeah, that’s exactly what the arrogant southern democrats believed in 1860. How did that work out? Never underestimate the enemy and be aware that there are plenty of them in every state; more than enough to make a difference. In Texas you also have a lot of illegals who will come at you from the south.
I understand your sentiments. If we have citizens with the love of Liberty as expressed by our Founders, then it would be feasible to do it proactively.
The only way that Liberty and very limited government can exist again in this Republic is for some cataclysmic event occurs which compels States to act and dissolve ALL unconstitutional parts of the Federal Leviathan.
This will have to entail firing large numbers of Federal bureaucrats, revoking their pensions.
Also, all courts below the S.C. would need to be dissolved and reconstituted without Statists.
States would have to move quickly to repeal the 16 and 17 Amendments as a first step.