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originally posted by: greencmp
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Not sure what you mean by recession but, secession is a very real option.
I'm not talking about the state constitutions that specifically allow for it either. Secession is the only peaceful solution short of constitutional legal redress.
The argument against secession essentially posits the familiar gangster credo of "join for life" only it isn't just you but your entire family and all of their offspring. Does that sound like a defensible contract to you?
Would a potential state accept the fine print of "and you may never reconsider your association"?
White Militias must unite with the BLM type groups.
originally posted by: greencmp
a reply to: Krazysh0t
The nationalist in me hears and agrees but, the constitutionalist advises caution.
The direct taxation of state citizens by the federal government is criminal. To be upset with the states for complaining that their best interests aren't being considered seems unfair. How can the argument be against the states whose populations entirely fund the federal government?
Why is it spoiled to want to go your own way when subjected to out of control central government?
On the other side of the spectrum, let's imagine a state that has very low capital (out or in) and the federal government declines to invest in its infrastructure. Wouldn't they be in the right by declining to continue to associate with that apparatus and pursue their own aspirations unrestrained by their obligations to subsidize other better developed states?