A secession would not be polite and non-violent. Tyrants and Marxists aren’t stupid. They know very well that their lifestyle depends on our labor. They won’t let the slave class leave without a fight.
That is possible, but I see a potential for USA dissolution in the same manner and for many of the same reasons as USSR dissolution.
I can see the federal government becoming so unpopular, inept, expensive and ossified that no one will care when it dies of its own weight and incompetence.
Large portions of the Roman empire failed the same way. People were relieved when that insatiable taxing authority collapsed.
I do NOT see this as an optimal outcome, but I do see it as possible.
The fall of the Soviet Union remains mind boggling to me. It could certainly happen here. Unchecked parasitism will always kill the host.
“A secession would not be polite and non-violent.”
Also involved is the large amount of “Federal” property that would be on the wrong side of the border, no matter where you draw the line. Then there is debt- one side would be left holding the already unpayable bag.
The decision to involve the military would be strongly influenced by this enormous pile of money, debt, responsibility, and real estate.
“A secession would not be polite and non-violent.”
Your’re right, but it is better than slavery and just who is the “union” anyway? The federal government and they ain’t got the balls to stop us.
Truer words never spoken. Our ancestors knew this too. Revolutionary movements based on freedom and Christian beliefs have been fought many times in the past. Many of them made it here and find themselves having to resist again.