Bullsquish.
Secession is a purely political decision to leave a union of states. There's nothing inherently violent about it, unless one side decides to use military force and murder to force the other side to bend to its will.
THAT is the thing that is unthinkable in this day and age - not secession itself. This isn't 1861. Secession by one or more states will not result in the use of force by the U.S. to compel those states to remain in the union. The political and societal will to use brute force against a peaceful political process does not exist in our time.
And another problem, there was no income tax in the CW.
If the Northeast US/Chicago were to declare against the conservative South and Southwest, they could hardly expect to collect tax revenues from said enemies?
“The political and societal will to use brute force against a peaceful political process does not exist in our time.”
Hmmm, its just my opinion against yours, so no point arguing. However, you and I have very different opinions as to the nature of the people who rule us and what they will do to retain power.
“Secession is a purely political decision to leave a union of states.”
Excellent, Windflier.
“Can you tell me where the fed got the money to give back to the several States?”
Great question, txhurl
BurningOak is a DU troll that I can smell from a mile away. All it (Burning Oak) does is belittle patriots and try to crush the patriot spirit. It (BurningOak) is a troll.
Some time ago, we, meaning the good FR people, dumped nonsequitur. It’s time to do the same to the Burning Oak troll.
“The political and societal will to use brute force against a peaceful political process does not exist in our time.”
That’s an interesting point, didn’t think of that. You could be right. But if no state rejected the federal mandate to allow the murder of unborn people in 40+ years, I’m not sure we will see any state try it over federally imposed state recognized ‘gay marriage’ in 2014 or beyond. I mean you would think any such action by an individual state in 1973 over something cultural or involving morality would be more likely to happen back then than now.
On the other hand, the whole homosexualist agenda is about using the power of the state to be able to punish and keep punishing those who don’t buy into whatever impossibility the state puts forth as marriage. So there would be visible victims to publicly complain about it, as opposed to the victims of federally imposed legal abortion.
Freegards