[Kaslin]

Then we wouldn't be the United States anymore. We would be in fact, 50 different countries.

Germany btw had once 300 different countries and many fought wars against each other.

[central_va]

Then we wouldn't be the United States anymore. We would be in fact, 50 different countries. Germany btw had once 300 different countries and many fought wars against each other.

I would say that King George III got his butt whipped by 13 individual countries. I will risk possible internecine warefare if I get to keep the fruits of my labor. That is what it is all about.

[Theoria]

Things have certainly changed. Many years ago, citizens of states would refer to themselves as a Floridian, a Virginian, etc. Now, they say, I'm from Florida, or from Virginia. Some perhaps still do, but they are a minority[Texans, perhaps]

In the past, persons were loyal to their states first, then the Union. That has certainly changed.

But, I keep hearing this murmur of CW or somethings similar. I just have to sigh. If people don't have the courage to stop voting dem/gop tickets or actually change politics from the local level. Where the hell are they gonna get the courage to enter a CW?