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“The ‘states’ didn’t become ‘states’ until they, as members of the congressional congress,declared independence as the united states of America. Before that, they were simply ‘united colonies’. “

According to the articles of confederation(1777) they retained their independents.

Are you alleging that when replaced the Articles with the Constitution in 1788 with the our states not only lost their independents but lost their “inalienable right” to ever regain that independents?

Why would our founders enter into such an insane contract after fought such a bloody war to get out of anther contract with had no legal “exit clause”?

Well the truth is as they said countless times again and again didn’t. The right to revolution/secession is inalienable, the mere mention of it in the constitution adds the foolish idea that it could be prohibited.

Just like most of the rights not mentioned in our constitution and thus reserved to the people and their States.

[fortheDeclaration]

There was no need for an 'exit clause' since they knew they could not survive without one another.

The Confederates had no just cause to secede or rebel.

And the cause of freedom was served when they were defeated.

[fortheDeclaration]

And that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the States we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.

That is from the Articles of Confederation.

The Constitution was to be more more binding, not less.