“A Surprising Share of Americans Wants to Break Up the Country. Here’s Why They’re Wrong”
Here’s why the article headline is right but is wrong in the article about the reason why thef headline is right.
The “Blue State/Blue Area” phenomenon is entirely a construct of socialism funded by printed money over many decades.
When the money runs out, the Blue State ideals cannot be sustained. There will be no large-scale socialism, as we have now - and let there be no mistake, the socialism is ingrained in both Blue and Red states - it’s just more ingrained in Blue states than Red ones.
The money printing that the gargantuan Federal Beast requires cannot be sustained. We probably could wean everyone off of socialism gradually over a decade or two, but the politics don’t add up. So we are going to print and spend until one day the calliope stops.
The point is, we don’t need to break up the country, we need to amputate the worst and most expensive socialist bureaucracy from our federal and then state governments.
It will be chaos, misery, and death as our population returns kicking-and-screaming to the predominant values and expectations from government of our great-grandparents.
Present-day “blue” socialism represents a luxury that will die under its own weight. And yes, that probably means the end of the check you are getting from government, whatever it is for, whomever you are, and however much you may think you deserve it, and however much you feel it is owed to you.
Regards,