Most likely this will end up like the collapse of the USSR.
Where the Baltic Republics, the ‘Stans, etc. all got their freedom because the central government no longer had the energy to fight to maintain them.
There are a lot of misguided Freepers that still think we can all live under one roof with perverted commies with freedom loving individualist Christians. All that leads to is lighter chains. This strife is rapidly coming to a head. The nation is riven and will never mend. I am sick of the federal boot on my neck.