This is why the tenth amendment is so important. Let the states experiment. If they fail, it isn’t as big of a deal.
Vermont was a very conservative state, not having voted for a democRAT since Lincoln.
Then it was overrun by trust fund hippies that are far more dangerous to a culture than invading Russians in Crimea are.
The "peaceful", stupid lefties have destroyed Vermont.
The communists that have invaded Vermont and taken it over are no different than some of the factions in Ukraine.
Tyranny at the state level is still tyranny