"People's Republic" by Kurt Schlichter

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This novel is set in a future America where the red and blue states have separated -- and Red America thrives while Blue America languishes.

Needless to say, that is not how it would go. At present, the blue states subsidize the red.
 
And yet such a national divorce appears to be the fantasy of many RWs.
It's my fantasy. I want the red states to rot in ignorance and poverty. I already boycott the red states as much as possible.
 
Decentralization is almost always a bad idea.
I see it as a way to preserve the USA as a federation of states - we are irrevocably split down the middle on so many issues that it seems best to leave it to each State to decide for themselves - and we also have that growing urban rural divide which feeds hostility in States where the urban center dominates the state - Oregon, Washington, Illinois and examples. Best to reorganize around that reality before people start shooting each other.

And also a reason why Taco's proposal anoit Canada is so laughable. It wouldn't be the 51st State. It would be 10 States, most of them quite liberal and far more so than the US - so you would have an alignment which would install a Democrat majority forever. Something Taco obviousy fails to realize. Alberta MIGHT be an exception. MIGHT.
 
I see it as a way to preserve the USA as a federation of states - we are irrevocably split down the middle on so many issues that it seems best to leave it to each State to decide for themselves - and we also have that growing urban rural divide which feeds hostility in States where the urban center dominates the state - Oregon, Washington, Illinois and examples. Best to reorganize around that reality before people start shooting each other.

And also a reason why Taco's proposal anoit Canada is so laughable. It wouldn't be the 51st State. It would be 10 States, most of them quite liberal and far more so than the US - so you would have an alignment which would install a Democrat majority forever. Something Taco obviousy fails to realize. Alberta MIGHT be an exception. MIGHT.
Well, that doesn't sound like such a bad plan. Though I think the Canadians should get a choice to join or not. We could set up some of those Trump voting machines that fudge ballots, and predetermine the outcome to make sure we have ten new states, including Alberta, of course.
 
I see it as a way to preserve the USA as a federation of states - we are irrevocably split down the middle on so many issues that it seems best to leave it to each State to decide for themselves -
That approach does not go well when the issue is abortion, as we have recently seen.
 
Well, that doesn't sound like such a bad plan. Though I think the Canadians should get a choice to join or not. We could set up some of those Trump voting machines that fudge ballots, and predetermine the outcome to make sure we have ten new states, including Alberta, of course.
The Canadian provinces could have joined the Union at any time since they gained full independence from Britain. They've just never shown much interest.
 
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