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Oddly enough, I recall a couple of liberal pundits, after the 2004 re-election of Bush, stating that "maybe we should let the red states succeed"...because they were bummed out that the aforementioned red states had given the White House to the Republicans again.
I've said it before: Democracy works as long as the 50%-1 is willing to let the 50%+1 rule over them. When they stop being willing to suffer that rule, things start falling apart.
I know many of you scoff, but all it would take would be the passage of one sufficiently inflammatory law to send a significant minority of the population into armed rebellion...which is how the Revolution started.
It just might be better to consider revisiting Federalism and allowing the States more internal autonomy before we get to that point, rather than letting it all come apart at the seams.
I've said it before: Democracy works as long as the 50%-1 is willing to let the 50%+1 rule over them. When they stop being willing to suffer that rule, things start falling apart.
I know many of you scoff, but all it would take would be the passage of one sufficiently inflammatory law to send a significant minority of the population into armed rebellion...which is how the Revolution started.
It just might be better to consider revisiting Federalism and allowing the States more internal autonomy before we get to that point, rather than letting it all come apart at the seams.