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The United States should be 50 independent countries. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by ramble81@lemmy.zip to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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The more I think about things, and how well stuff works in other countries, i believe it’s due to the sheer size and demographic makeup of the country. I often times wonder if it would be better managed with more of an EU style system where certain standards are core across all states and then leave each country to truly govern themselves.

I’m fairly certain this was the original goal when the country was founded and the idea of states rights, but at some it feels like things got flipped on their heads.

(Note, this is probably more of a rant and I know there are definitely things that would not work as well in that situation, but part of me wonders if it’d be a better solution than what we’re stuck with right now)

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

the founding fathers even put a stipulation that any state unhappy with the union can leave, but the last states to do that got the **** beat out of them and it was made illegal (CSA / Civil war).

The CSA didn't get their asses kicked for leaving the Union. The CSA got their asses kicked for starting the hot war by attacking Fort Sumter 2 months after seceded. The CSA also doubled-down on keeping slavery legal in their Constitution which burned any bridges for support from Europe which had already abolished slavery long before.

FYI, I didn't downvote you.

[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

yeah. It wasn't clear in my comment but I wasn't trying to say they where put down just for seceding (Though to Lincoln it was a way more important thing than slavery) but that they are the most notable case of states leaving the union and they got beat the shit out of, two separate things.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Many yokels don't understand that the "wAr oF nOrThErN aGgReSsIoN" was literally started by the south