[cowboyusa]

Saving the Union was more important.

[central_va]

Saving the union so the feds could tyrannize the population 150 years later? No thanks. This union sucks. Actually it’s an empire now.

[Bulwyf]

Saving the Behemoth was more important.

There needs to be a reset back to the original constitution.

[DiogenesLamp]

Saving the Union was more important.

So why wasn't saving the Union of the United Kingdom just as morally valid?

Our founders articulated the principle that people had a right to independence, and so they broke from the United Kingdom. Why isn't this same principle valid for people who wanted to break from the United States?