longtimelurker
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« on: August 29, 2020, 04:52:29 PM » |
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So far, in this particular thread, no one has brought up secession. I've considered this possibility (as have others in the press), and it does not end well. Let's say the bluest states in the coastal contiguous areas (CA, WA, OR, possibly HI) and New England + NY, NJ, MD, DE in the northeast* begin to consider seceding. I'm not talking about protestors in the street; I mean the "responsible" elected Democratic politicians.
First of all, the rural areas of those states, which make up a large portion of the square mileage of these states (ME-02, upstate NY, MD eastern shore and panhandle, inland CA WA OR) would have nothing to do with it. And, any attempt by adjoining "liberal" areas to join the secession (Clark County, NV, trying to join a CA secession; Philadelphia area trying to join a NJ secession, NOVA trying to join MD) would be violently put down. And the secession as a whole would be violently put down by the local police, the National Guard (who would defy any secessionist governor; they wouldn't have to be nationalized by the POTUS), and various military units pledged loyal to the Federal government (although many would go AWOL). Look, if LA, Seattle, Portland OR, San Francisco or Boston (but probably not NYC) would be bombed by the Federal government to end secession efforts, half of the rest of the country would laugh ("we nuked Seattle to own the libs! Isn't that hysterical???"). Never mind that millions of their customers for the products the red states produce would be dead, or economically wrecked.
*DC would be heavily occupied by loyal Federal troops and Secret Service and under martial law at the very beginning of such talk.
So, regional secession is out of the question. Should not even be considered or even tried. Would be as futile an effort as the Molly Maguires.
I watched the Sean Connery/Richard Harris movie "The Molly Maguires" last night so I guess that may have semi-consciously inspired me to write this post.
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