The one thing that makes chunks of that book out of date these days is the extent to which Leftism has infested the cities in some of these States, to the point of actually taking over the entire States' politics.
Oregon and Washington (the East sides of them) want to leave Portland and Seattle to join with Idaho, for example. Or in the case of Southwestern Oregon, they want to leave Oregon and join North California and form "The State of Jefferson". It's real. "Not a joke", as Bo Jiden would say. Chance that Sacramento and Portland would allow that? I'd say damn near zero.
Carving up the country into nine nation-states will have the same outcome that carving up Africa after WW1 and WW2 had.
You simply can't force cultures onto one another. The borders of each State are as holy to their loyal citizens as the hem-lines on the Shroud of Turin. You can argue the authenticity, but it's best not to monkey with it on the off chance we'd mess it up.
For clarity, I'm not proposing this and am not a proponent. But I could see it happening. I can also see total chaos ensuing if we did that, as we would see (as you wrote) an influx of foreign invaders and a significant drop in purchasing power, etc.
It's just a complicated thing, and while it may be a good short-term thing, the results are potentially disastrous.
Again, I'm fine with secession, but only if it's amicable. I'm sure Texas would be fine on its own, but not in a situation where the other 49 states turn hostile on account of it leaving.
Nice post.
I do see that there will be "devolution" and perhaps this might even evolve into clustered States similar to "The Nine Nations of North America".
https://infogalactic.com/info/The_Nine_Nations_of_North_America
The one thing that makes chunks of that book out of date these days is the extent to which Leftism has infested the cities in some of these States, to the point of actually taking over the entire States' politics.
Oregon and Washington (the East sides of them) want to leave Portland and Seattle to join with Idaho, for example. Or in the case of Southwestern Oregon, they want to leave Oregon and join North California and form "The State of Jefferson". It's real. "Not a joke", as Bo Jiden would say. Chance that Sacramento and Portland would allow that? I'd say damn near zero.
Carving up the country into nine nation-states will have the same outcome that carving up Africa after WW1 and WW2 had.
You simply can't force cultures onto one another. The borders of each State are as holy to their loyal citizens as the hem-lines on the Shroud of Turin. You can argue the authenticity, but it's best not to monkey with it on the off chance we'd mess it up.
We agree.
For clarity, I'm not proposing this and am not a proponent. But I could see it happening. I can also see total chaos ensuing if we did that, as we would see (as you wrote) an influx of foreign invaders and a significant drop in purchasing power, etc.
Yeah, I understand we're on the same page.
It's just a complicated thing, and while it may be a good short-term thing, the results are potentially disastrous.
Again, I'm fine with secession, but only if it's amicable. I'm sure Texas would be fine on its own, but not in a situation where the other 49 states turn hostile on account of it leaving.
I am still a big proponent of rounding up all of the Leftards and putting them on a barge and pushing that barge into the shipping lanes.
Strangely, some people think this would be mean. But also I don't care.
Maybe we could be really nice and move them all to where they really belong. The Island of Misfit Toys.