driftless2 - With all due respect I think you’re missing the point in the discussions with our FRiend here. It really isn’t about the north vs. south - it’s all about dissension with him. He doesn’t like our nation, but wouldn’t like a confederate alternative any better. Were Pennsylvania to secede he would be dissatisfied with that as well.
He isn’t a Lost Causer in the southron sense - he represents the ultimate expression of Lost Cause.
I think you’re correct. I was merely trying to point out to our friend the spectacular problems that would be involved in declaring some state as a “sovereign” nation. I don’t believe he has any idea how unbelievably difficult it would be to set up a separate country inside another one. But say the separate country of Pennsylvania is established, but the majority of the citizens decide to take actions that our friend doesn’t like. Then would he want to set up another country inside the Pennsylvania boundaries? The mind boggles. The whole idea of singular secession is insanity.