If it were to split, I think it would be three countries, East Coast, West Coast, and everything else
The author doesn’t seem to see the forest for the trees.
He lists all the cultural/value issues that divide the Left and Right, but then says that none of them are responsible for dissolution. Instead it’s all pinned on the nebulous concept of “free choice”.
He then follows that nonsense up with statements about how the US will not “change to a bordered country”. If not, then how can the so-called “country” prevent people from simply moving into it and changing its culture/values. Having borders with an enforceable immigration policy is one of the primary (if not THE primary) planks in the conservative movement. How will the conservative citizens of this new country deal with the cognitive dissonance of that?
Agree completely, with the coasts being heavily dependent on the new middle NA.
Essentially Denver westward to the sea, Arizona eastward to Southern VA. Eastern Maine and NY west to Eastern Colorado.