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We are living through the greatest constitutional crisis of our lifetimes -- maybe since the Civil War. The US has never seen anything happen like this domestically. We are rapidly moving toward the dissolution of the US and civil war.
If the courts do not prosecute Trump and Elon Musk, which is highly likely, the assault on EVERY federal service and source of funds will continue. "Throwing it back to the states" will cause the states to contract -- without confidence in any federal assistance or regulations, states will need to figure it out themselves -- and if they start seeing the federal government as something they need to protect their citizens from...well, why would they remain a part of that federal government? If the US government is completely unreliable due to the massive brain, experience, and regulation drain, what reason do states have to remain a part of that? Especially when the feds want to restrict speech and expression in the way they do.
And if the courts somehow slap down Elon and Trump and they are removed? Then we've got violence from the J6ers and likely more.
We very well might be witnessing the end of the US, as I see it. But maybe someone can offer some counterpoints
The end of the US was on January 20th. We're just witnessing its death throes.
We're dealing with this because the union fucked up and didn't see reconstruction thru after the civil war.
We had fucking military bases named after confederate generals. That's enough to tell you the identity of this country.
When the next Civil War happens, we don't need any Biden fucking losers olive branching the losers. We've historically done this and what has happened so far? Next time the US beats the confederates, erase their fucking shitty culture of racism and hate.
I think the message is pretty clear that the US experiment has run its course and the country just needs to split in multiple parts instead of trying to make things work between people with vastly different interests under the same umbrella.
Let the red States become the third world country they want to be.
This is exactly what I’ve been saying for years now. But is there ever any kind of serious talk about secession anywhere by anyone particularly our democratic political “leaders”?
No, it's not bad enough yet. There is nothing in the constitution allowing for secession. Blue state's economies will have to be destroyed before they band together and decide enough is enough.
There needs to be a critical mass, no state is going to do it on their own because the military could just roll over them.
Reconstruction failed because Lincoln made the mistake of choosing Andrew Johnson to 'reach across the isle' and then was assassinated. And his racist piece of shit replacement did everything he could to obstruct Lincoln's plans.