Quote from 377OHMS:
Even an amicable/friendly split is impossible. We don't have the geographic separation that existed between North and South before the civil war. You're talking about Right and Left and we are all mixed together to varying degrees all over the country. If the country were divided by states then there would have to be mass migration that would probably kill the economy. People wouldn't agree to leave their state if it went to the other side. Its just impossible.
In the case of an unfriendly split it would be a situation where a state was predominantly Right or Left and the minority would have to leave so millions of people would be displaced and you've got a dead economy again. All through history every civil war was based on there being some geographical separation between sides. Here there is no land demarcation between Right and Left.
Even a revolt would not work. If the conservatives in the USA decided to not pay federal income tax how would they go about doing that? For the vast majority of people taxes are deducted from their paycheck and adjusted at the end of the year resulting in an additional payment or a refund. How can a person refuse to pay when the money is deducted before they receive their paycheck? Even if they refuse to file a federal income tax return in most cases the government would come out ahead because most people overpay their taxes and receive a refund. There isn't, to my view, any way to even have an effective revolt in this country.
We are screwed, plain and simple...
