This just bolsters my contention that what is now the Untied States may well be sundered into several smaller republics, a new balkanization because of regional differences that turn out to be irreconcilable. What has the northeast corner of the US have in common with the Middle South? Or the Dakotas?
Look at the map of the red and blue counties of the US. Then ask yourself if any contiguous map could be drawn that would equitably divide them.
I fear we’ve already become balkanized, but in ideology rather than geography.
Amen...two completely different 'countries'. I'll take the Middle South any day...