New question.

[conuly]

Is there any way for a state, or group of states, to secede from the union, legally and without creating a war? Because this country is fucking huge, and this means that a huge portion of the population is always going to feel under-represented. Instead of one huge nation, we could have 3-6 smaller ones.

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[georgiapeachy.livejournal.com]

Besides the South this has been tried many, many times. For example: the hundreds of mini-states that seceded from the Holy Roman Empire, Soviet Union etc. In my opinion it doesn't work. The more countries you have the more complicated it becomes and the more likely people will have static dogmatic opinions. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about the "tyranny of the majority" in America, which makes democracy a mixed blessing. I think and others do too (http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041102-020033-6371r.htm) that our government could be reformed to create a better democracy without breaking up the nation. It would be difficult, but I'd rather not live in a country of all people with the same interests. That's just my opinion though.

[conuly]

It would be difficult, but I'd rather not live in a country of all people with the same interests.

Better than me having to live under Bush.

There are also many success stories of succession, most notably our own. The entire nation seceded from Britian, remember?

[georgiapeachy.livejournal.com]

And Britain is like so geographically close to us :)
Remember, if Kerry states secede the other states are larger and much more bellicose. Plus the pockets of conservatives in the blue states would probably stage bloody uprisings.