Last time there was secession it was a bit different. Remember, at that time there was no egregiously huge and expensive military ready to roll for the non-seceding side. So both the North and the South had to do some fast and furious recruiting and training.
But this time, Trump would have the military and he'd also have its loyalty, yes he would, to move against secession. As evil as the s.o.b. is, the constitution would be on his side -- and, ipso facto, so would the military that is, after all, sworn to defend it.
By the time the good guys (and don't leave out Maryland! We may have a Republican governor, but he's old school Republican and his Daddy was the first Republican in congress to turn against Nixon) were able to recruit and arm a military of their own, they'd be surrounded, out-manned and pretty much forced to give up.
And then the hangings would begin, probably in large stadia, Afghan style, with thousands of red-hatted fools cheering on the executions. Parallel to the executions would be the appropriation of lands, of businesses, of "treasonous citizens" by the Trump government.
If Trump steals the election, I think best we can do is lay low, do what we can to sabotage the machinery of his corrupt administration, and wait for him to die. That way, his successor might have a difficult time justifying cancelling the next presidential election -- not saying he (Pence again?) might not want to try. But if there were secession, there would not be another election in our lifetime and Trump would pretty much be able to name his own successor to the throne -- Don Jr., or Ivanka?
So, if Trump steals the election, I counsel patience, but with persistent protests that might, over time, erode the power of the Trump oligarchy.
Maybe neither we nor our children would live to see the restoration of America; but there would be a chance, at least a chance, that our grandchildren or great grandchildren might live in a Democratic-Republic once again. Secession would go up in flames and ensure the prolonged authoritarian dictatorship of the fascist corporate leeches.
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