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What I have never been able to understand is: if one feels that they are being slighted or discriminated by a given civil collectivity / society or regime, instead of using or depending on the same apparatus of the State which is oppressing one, why not simply create one's own civil collectivity / society or representatives. In other words: do not forget the historically relevant option of political or cultural secession.




3 posted on 04/21/2005 8:07:51 AM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: Republic_of_Secession.
"...why not simply create one's own civil collectivity / society or representatives. In other words: do not forget the historically relevant option of political or cultural secession."

Well you couldn't do it from within the country because you'd be prosecuted/imprisoned for tax evasion to begin with. See that's what the "Separate Water Fountain" issue was really all about. Minorities were taxed the same as the whites but received inferior services or no services at all for their tax contribution. It was like the American revolution redux. Taxation without representation. So the only way to opt out of the system would be to leave the country. Secession will never happen in this country again.

5 posted on 04/21/2005 8:51:08 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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