I wonder sometimes about how that would work.
For example, supposed we all peacefully decided that we will split into a Liberal States of America, and then the Conservative States of America.
How does a geographic split happen?
Every liberal state has conservatives living within its borders.
And the most conservative states have liberal pockets within them.
Bottom line is that a hundred million people or more, might have to move, to move out of a state which will be part of the “wrong” country, from their point of view.
Or could some states secede from the Union entirely, and become independent countries?
People don’t have to move out of the new country, liberal or conservative. They would understand that they’re living under conditions and ideologies which they disagree with. It’s up to them whether they want to tolerate living that way. Except that, under socialism/communism, freedom of thought would be limited if allowed at all.
Economically, I don’t see anybody that believes in the free-market/capitalism system staying in the liberal area, and eventually, they would have to move to the area which is more agreeable to them.
The split doesn’t mean that people have to immediately leave and more to ‘where they belong’; that can happen in a span of years.
When it comes to the geographical split, perhaps it would have to be a split into 3 countries, with liberals staying put in the northeast and western areas. and conservatives taking over the south and central regions of the ‘old’ USA. The Illinois/Michigan areas can become part of Canada and good riddance to them.
Duh.