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In reply to the discussion: Majority of Trump voters believe it's 'time to split the country' in two, new poll finds [View all]haele
(12,690 posts)Not the cities, those are hotbeds of liberalism anyway, and there's just enough of the secessionist minded to be able to run maybe only a few the size of say, Omaha or Birmingham, but certainly not more international cities such as Houston or Chicago.
Also, land transfer? Maybe 20% of the "conservative" population are hardcore enough to actually pursue secretion, because once most of these armchair warriors figure out how hard it is to actually create a viable community, and how long it takes to stabilize one without making sacrifices, they'll give up to let someone else do the hard work.
There's a lot of hard work, negotiations, and concessions to be made as the community grows larger than a strongman with a few dozen dedicated followers and their family members. So while they may ask for half the country, in reality they probably couldn't effectively control an area much larger than the state of Montana without splintering apart within a few years into various squabbling sects.
Most people want comfort and stability, not civil war. They aren't going to fight unless threatened or they can make their lives better, no matter how many resentful tantrums they throw when they have to follow the social contract necessary to be a citizen.
A lot of wannabe dictators and gang-bosses find this out when they get to the point their armies and supporters are no longer able to get paid because "dictator knows best" and doesn't need to consider consequences for his or her actions.
Haele