You can't be serious. There is no Confederacy, never will be (except prob in the old MSM fantasies.) These are generally the most pro-Constitution states still extant in the Union. They have great ports and access to a mammoth amount of oil and natural gas - much of it admittedly off shore. The agricultural potential is substantial.
No, I would say the biggest hindrance is the large numbers of citizens that would rather live off of the govt than be free. That could change as the liberal states become more socialist, i.e. more tyrannical and confiscate more of their citizens' wealth and property - and give a good bit of it away to foreign entities. Even doltish Chuck Schumer is eventually going to have to admit that Jews are no longer that welcome at the DNC.
It isn't likely to ever happen, however.
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