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Secession -- An idea whose time has come?

Matt Cockerill
Oct 2, 2009 at 7:36 PM
By Matt Cockerill

Bonnie, there's a reason that the media and mainstream politicos react only with personal attacks ("crazy," "racist," etc.) to the All-American idea of secession: because there are no logical arguments against the prospect.

Secession would make the US and the world a much better place. This libertarian principle would mean decentralization, far less crazed nationalism, an end to the empire, and (even if a welfare state persists) a MUCH SMALLER overall government with less bureaucrats.

The only way secession could possibly be a long-run negative is if the national state declared war or banned the right of its citizens to engage in free trade and travel with the people of seceding states. Since these are plausible (and horrific) possibilities, they need to be heavily prioritized by any secessionist movement. That said, I do believe secession is an idea whose time will come within our lifetimes.

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Yeah, that's why you can pretty much forget about any landlocked state seceding.

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Submitted by Hannah Sengel (not verified) on October 4, 2009.

I agree, but we need a state with some balls to finally seceed. landlocked states like mine (Illinois), would if secessionist states formed say like small union republics, like a Central States Union (Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, etc, etc, all the way to Texas & Louisiana), this would give them a decent economic base and sea access.  The current Federal government is an evil and corrupt body, not worthy of life, it's beyond repair and time to be cast aside, a new type of smaller Union of states is needed, but one with a support for full State's Rights as self-governing nations in a union of protection and economic development & trade only.

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