W.H. Tells Texas you are not going to secede

[RickN]

I do agree in theory... but I believe that it will be more of a general degradation of society when the dollar collapses or becomes sufficiently devalued to allow out-of-control inflation. I believe most of it will all collapse at once, rather than a single state or handful of states actively seceding from a(n ostensibly) functional central union.

Sad... but that's what I expect. Also hope it doesn't happen in my lifetime, or that of my son.

That is kind of what I expect too.

 

[Jack T.]

I'm pretty sure Britain told the colonists "you will not secede" once upon a time. "Sorry, colonists, but that isn't legal."

 

[mugsy]

The supreme court also decided the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right but look where we are now. The constitution says "shall not be infringed" but that has no meaning now days. If it came to the point that enough states had reached the point to secede then I don't think they really give a damn what a dozen dead people or the imperial president had to say about it.

That isn't to say I think we are anywhere close to that yet, but if we ever get there an old supreme court decision isn't going to stop the revolution.

No, the Army will.

 

[RickN]

No, the Army will.

The Army will be just as split as the rest of the country. Some will side with the government and some will side with the people.

 

[mugsy]

I think there will be a collapse but not like some folks here have discussed. Rather, the current feel-good types who promise benefits but have no viable way to sustain them will build an imploding system. I don't think there will be a U.S. collapse just the liberal welfare state system. The U.S. will survive - at least I hope it will because a world where the major international dominant powers are Russia and China alone will not be a pleasant place to live.

 

[OKCHunter]

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America is lost. I'm afraid that our best option is to try to recreate the American Experiment somewhere else. Socialist America will never allow us to regain our Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms.

This so bluntly put just caused me grave concern. I hope it does not come to this.

 

[Soonr80]

If there is a succession I’m with the C.S.A. the Constitutional States of America.

 

[n2sooners]

I agree with the idea that an economic collapse of some kind will happen before a civil war/revolution. And there won't be anyone around to bail out the US, it is simply too big not to fail. What happens at that point is hard to say.

 

[RickN]

I think there will be a collapse but not like some folks here have discussed. Rather, the current feel-good types who promise benefits but have no viable way to sustain them will build an imploding system. I don't think there will be a U.S. collapse just the liberal welfare state system. The U.S. will survive - at least I hope it will because a world where the major international dominant powers are Russia and China alone will not be a pleasant place to live.

When the welfare state collapses it will drag the rest of the country down with it. The liberals have it spread all throughout the country and economy.

 

[SoonerP226]

Is this really a news worthy item? That States cannot simply secede from the Union? This was settled over a century ago.

What was settled was that the states on the losing end of the Late Unpleasantness Between the States could not secede. If states decide to attempt secession again, no law or court decision will stop them; it will take force, just like it did a century and a half ago.