So people say.
But that goes against the libertarian argument that revolutions and secession movements are against intrusive government and dependence on politicians as such.
Rather, people just want to feel they have more control over government. When they get that they're not as opposed to taxes on "the rich," subsidies, welfarism, and bureaucratic regulation as their earlier rhetoric might have suggested.
After the Revolution we taxed ourselves more than the British tried to tax us. It would have been the same with an independent South.
Starting with the word “rather” you seem to agree with me. I’m not really sure what you are trying to say in the first part. I was not really discussing what libertarians believe.