Amen. Good post.
The American Experiment - Status: Fail
Stand by for side effects.
At this point, I don’t even believe Red states will be able to hang on much more than a generation. The GOP failed to reform K-12, perhaps the biggest mistake in history as people no longer believe in America, they want a socialist state.
Side effects: the Constitution was ratified by the states to prevent imminent civil war under the Articles of Confederation. Even during the Revolution, Congress had to intervene in a shooting war between Pennsylvania and Connecticut regiments over a land dispute over eastern Pennsylvania. When the Constitution was ratified, New York was about to invade New Jersey. The contract between the states is becoming a dead letter. Back to the old ways, I guess.
In fact, shortly after Iowa became a state, Missouri and Iowa nearly had a shooting war over a border dispute. The Missouri and Iowa militia were called up. The Missouri militia had to rob a general store for supplies to deploy. The only thing that prevented war between the states, was the commander of the Missouri militia decided that he would not shed blood over an issue that should be decided in Congress, not on the battlefield.