Before I hit the sack, there are efforts by groups both left and right promoting secession. Even Rush made a good point where you have two basic thought processes in this country that are totally incompatible with each other.
That is why it is stupid to frame this as a military confrontation. There are benefits to both sides.
Trying to hold together these two unequal parts will ultimately cause more violence.
The biggest downside is that the U.S.A. has held Russia and China in check for seventy years. If that is taken out of the picture it will suck to be their neighbors. And that will have consequences for us as well. But that is coming sooner or later as well. It is already starting with the automatic budget cuts in January.