I think all this talk about a 'national divorce' is close to that category. Not for ordinary people; many and almost most of us not only can think about it, we can see the value of it.
...we’re almost certainly talking about somewhere between 100 and 150 million Americans who think it’s entirely possible the country may need to be split into red/blue sections or alternately, who expect a civil war to crank up. In other words, we’re not talking about a few cranks here. This is a mainstream belief, and it seems entirely possible that we could reach a MAJORITY of Americans that would like to see the country split up in the next few years.
The advantages of the Union are so powerfully compelling to the establishment, though, that neither party can entertain the thought. They can't talk about it as something that might really happen; and because they control the conventional levers of power, they think that settles the matter.
It doesn't, though. At some point if trends continue, the decision will be made without the government... in spite of the government... to put an end to the government. That does not necessarily entail violence. The government in Washington may continue to meet, but it will no longer rule because people will no longer obey -- and no power exists that can compel 330 million people to obey a power they no longer recognize.
I wouldn't go so far as to say that the matter is inevitable yet, but it's getting closer to becoming so. If people in power are serious about avoiding this they need to start thinking.
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In Europe, cities used to have the power, and networks of trade. Think the Hanse (League) or the Dutch during the colonising period - or the coastal cities from Portland to Charleston ruling the American colonies and US for many decades. (Some would say they still do.) This changed only gradually to nations and nationalism in the 19th C. There were no signposts for a lot of it until the end.
States, and state loyalties, used to be important in America. Many people were very clear that their loyalty was to Vermont or Georgia, not the USA. I don't think that is much the case anymore. I would be the last gasp of that up here, I suppose. So any red/blue split in America - and I think Grim is right that the general disobedience, gradually accelerating would be a likely model - would be people rebelling quietly against both their federal and their state governments. St Louis might be in mid-America, but it is very blue. Texas may consider itself the heart and natural gravitation point for a new quasi nation, but Austin would absolutely revolt against that, and it is not the only blue city there. On the other end, the blue states have red areas. Even Vermont has the Northeast Kingdom. Most states are purple.
So you may have plenty of people around you who say "Look, we can pretty much go it on our own, and we'll just quietly ignore increasing amounts of DC going forward." But not only will you be seceding from Washington, you will find that Raleigh will come after you. And I'm not sure you'll get much over 60% support even from Asheville or even Waynesville. Red America has lots of people, lots of resources, and in a quiet sense, lots of power. But it has few power bases, and it's not going to grow them.
The Democrats made a big deal about "Resist," but they didn't really mean that. They meant "Undermine and Wait," a short-term DC-based strategy. Red America might do better with that as an actual long-term strategy. Kansas City is not a national power or an international power. But in a sense it is both because it is a Global Food Power.
The People in Power are not thinking. Sin makes you Dumb, and they are as dumb as a box of rocks.... ( Damn, now I need to apologize to the rocks)
Let me give an example one small really dumb move made by the Navy, which is the most Liberal branch of the Military.
The Navy decided to Lower the Physical standards to meet Recruitment goals.... A really Dumb move on their part, What stupidity. That's not how warriors are made.
Here is a video
Father Robert McTeigue: The Importance of Lent
https://rumble.com/v2ak6s8-father-robert-mcteigue-the-importance-of-lent.html
Father discusses the stupidity of the Navy's decision by telling us about Lent and how Christianity builds warriors. This is worth listening to.
and yes their is still time to save this county, but we need Gods help to do it.
Greg
His take is polar opposite to Fake President Biden and Freemasonic-Modernist-Communist-Sodomite Athiests who are hellbent on achieving hell on earth( Clown World)
Every law passed in DC (or in the States, for that matter), that people decide to ignore, is one more check mark on the board of government legitimacy/irrelevancy. When a law is only obeyed because of fear of draconian enforcement,rather than any sense of moral necessity, it is not just the law at risk but the command structure. What was that old saying, "never give an order you know will be disobeyed?"
I was told that the German attitude is "These are the rules" while the Swiss attitude is "These are our rules." I haven't spend any significant time in Germany, but it used to feel something like that in Switzerland. Maybe it's the degree of local involvement in Switzerland...
If I can rephrase one of Brann's lines: I have respect for the law, but there's so much law that my respect is spread pretty thin.
I wonder if a genuine reduction in federal power (actual closed departments and agencies level reduction) and a return of power to the states might change things enough to maintain the union in some form, mainly for foreign policy purposes. Long shot, but one can hope.
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