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paleotn

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3. In theory, I agree. But the devil is in the details....
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 06:52 PM
Nov 2024

Not insurmountable details but still difficult economically (federal debt) and militarily. Such a move would certainly be destabilizing globally. Then again, flipping from rational to shit storm every 4 years is itself destabilizing. Since the magats aren't going to suddenly disappear one day, this shit will just go on and on and on until some of us say enough is enough and leave. In my mind, lets just do it and be done. It's time. For all practical purposes, the old Republic died Tuesday from a long illness. The old structures just aren't workable anymore. Time to rip the band aid off and stop picking at it. Sure it will hurt but not permanently and at least gets over what's probably inevitable.

As far as multi-state blocs, up here we have CONEG (Coalition of Northeastern Governors), New England + New York. There's also NEG/ECP, New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers who meet regularly to address mutual issue.

https://www.coneg.org/

By the way, we self sorted some years ago. We left the Southeast, place of our birth, because we simply couldn't live with the bullshit anymore. I like the fact that Dems swept a bunch of executive offices in NC. There's hope there. But I've given TN, my home state, over to the devil. They're hopelessly fucked.

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