Secession - 2021 Fact or Fallacy

8498164055?profile=RESIZE_400xThe secession of 1860 will not happen again, but a different kind is already taking place. Lately there has been so much frustration with the last election and the direction of our country that some Trump supporters have been talking about “secession.” Many conservatives and libertarians are asking if it makes sense for certain states to leave the union the way South Carolina left in 1860, after the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States.

Whether it makes “sense” or not, we can be assured that it will not happen. Although the South Carolina state legislature voted in November of 1860 to initiate the process of secession, no state legislature would do that today. This is because most modern state legislatures, even conservative ones, do not have many members who are angry enough at the federal government to support seceding from it.

Americans who live in rural and some suburban areas are executing a secession of their own! Never forget that many individual state legislators are professional politicians. They may disagree with some of the policies that flow from Washington D.C., but they are not angry enough to vote for secession, and that is what is required to secede, anger. While an official secession will not happen, there will be a different type. In fact, it has already started in our country and it may not end well. 

Instead of state legislatures, dominated by urban dwellers, voting for secession, Americans who live in rural and some suburban areas are executing a secession of their own. They are disassociating themselves from the lifestyles, cultural mores, laws, and self-inflicted wounds exhibited in our large cities.

Of course, rural Americans are already living in areas removed from large cities, but geography is only one of the many differences. An even more striking distinction involves political ideology and attitudes on an array of issues like criminal justice.

Citizens living outside of ultra-progressive urban areas do not accept what is going on in large cities. Surely, the thinking is “I am not one of them. They are different from me. We do not agree on basic things, like what laws should govern human conduct.”

This mental disassociation did not exist in previous times of crisis in our country. There was much more national unity in December of 1941 or even September of 2001. At that time rural Americans and city dwellers still had many shared values and followed the same laws. Clearly, the similarity in culture and politics between rural and urban Americans is dying, and the pace of its death march is quickening.

Who can forget what happened to Mark and Patricia McCloskey in St. Louis?

This same type of disassociation is also felt by many Americans living in suburban areas. They recognize their way of life is incompatible with that exhibited in large cities. This results in suburban dwellers venturing into cities less often. Once there, they feel unsafe and unwelcome. According to the FBI, crime rates in our urban areas are significantly higher than suburban and rural areas.

More crime is not the only difference Americans notice in large cities. There are also different laws regarding decency, civility, and cleanliness. Unfortunately, manners and traditional customs are rarely, if ever, practiced.

Many horrific things can happen to you in a large city, without warning. You can be struck from behind in a “Knockout Attack,” or wounded by a stray bullet. You can be surrounded by violent demonstrators who scream at you and tell you are evil because of your wealth, race, religious views, or political beliefs. This is not a place that feels comfortable or feels like home.

Over the past few decades, millions of Americans who support traditional American values, and even some who value safety, have already left our large cities. They are disgusted with the political corruption, high taxes, racial politics, homelessness and, over the past year, the excessive Covid-19 lockdown orders.

People leaving are also those who value their second amendment rights. They do not want to be charged with a crime if they have to defend their home. Who can forget what happened to Mark and Patricia McCloskey in St. Louis?

On June 28, 2020, their neighborhood was overrun by protesters and a mob was descending on the McCloskey’s home. The couple waved firearms in front of their home to encourage the protesters to leave. No gun was ever fired at any of the trespassers. Incredibly, Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey were charged with the unlawful use of a weapon even though they feared for their lives. If convicted, they could face up to four years in prison and a fine of $10,000.

Urban areas have been failing financially for many years. As this trend continues and cities like St. Louis, Detroit, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Washington D.C., and New York City decline even more, these areas will simultaneously become more similar. They already have much in common politically. Future cooperation will likely continue on issues such as drug legalization, the treatment of homelessness, gun control, permissive law enforcement, and providing a sanctuary and support for illegal aliens. With so much commonality, these cities will forge even closer bonds in the days ahead.

With unworkable policies and massive bureaucracies, these cities will need greater and greater subsidies from productive, tax-paying citizens living in rural and suburban America. Urban areas have been failing financially for many years, but as the policies become more progressive, the costs are escalating even higher.

In large cities, politicians spend vast sums of money on enormous municipal government systems which include inefficient departments featuring payrolls that are too large and are too expensive. Other characteristics include broken infrastructure, rampant homelessness, and an overly generous municipal pension system.

How much longer will productive taxpayers living in rural and suburban communities agree to subsidize large cities? Sooner or later, these citizens will say “Enough is enough, we want out!” They will want the urban centers to form their own “United Cities of America,” with their own laws and lifestyles. Simultaneously, Americans living in non-urban areas will want to forge closer bonds of their own as similarities are recognized even more.

The secession of 1860 will not happen again, but a different kind is already taking place.

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  • Nope, I see the divide as good vs evil. Simple as that. You follow your faith or you live in fear. All it takes to "live free" is to decide, to choose to trust God and no one else. To admit Satan has more power than I do alone, but also recognize that with God, all things are possible. He is my shield, the rock upon which I stand, no matter what. Doesn't matter if you live in a city or a rural town. Doesn't matter if the evil alliance of the CCP, Democrats, RINO's, globalists, Godless money hungry Wall Street Corporations, the alphabet agencies, the MSM, the Silicon Valley elite billionaires club who own social media, all of them will face judgment, sooner than they realize. But, even now, in this world, at this time, God is in charge. What is happening is a result of America turning it's back on God and toward money & power, security in material wealth that bonds them to this life, not eternal life. As Christ taught, it is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to pass through the gates of eternal life. Why? Because they fear letting go of material things, to put their faith in God, and trust God to deliver them from evil. That is how freedom is won, and it doesn't take an army, it takes only you, making a simple choice. One man or woman with faith, makes a majority. All things are possible through Christ, who strengthens me. "Live free or die" is not just a slogan on a license plate or a call to arms to kill brothers & sisters blinded by Satan, it is the choice we all make, every moment, of every day. Life is short, eternity lasts forever. Heaven or hell is a choice we make now, in this lifetime. Choose wisely.
  • I think this article reflects the "wishful thinking" of RINOs who are desperately attempting to justify the criminal government that has taken over our Republic. We no longer have the protection of the Constitution - it has been effectively shredded by the Democrat Socialist Marxist Party and is financed by the CCP and the International Communist Party. I believe that at some point when the real crackdown comes to our suburbs, rural towns, and largely conservative states - there will absolutely be a bloody civil war with guns and the incredible capability of the existing strong militia that millions of real American Patriots will be morally forced to join. In the War of Independence there were cowardly British subjects who were referred to as "Tories" who refused to stand up for freedom and liberty in favor of bowing to a corrupt and hateful King. They turned over their neighbors to the British atrocities. Today we would refer to them as RINOs and Democrats. When the oppression becomes too heavy to bear and the death of all semblance of justice is clearly evident - Americans will rise up and our regular military will turn their backs on the Harris/Biden hoax, join forces with our militia, and end this nightmare once and for all. We will clean up the mess they have created. It won't be bloodless or noble. Like taking the garbage out - it is a chore we do not relish - but it must be done if we are to survive as a nation. This is WWIII. It will take over South America, support similar uprisings around the world - people hungering to be free will finally rise up as part of our war against evil. Most people know that this was orchestrated by the Chinese bought and paid for media. They withheld the truth from the PEOPLE - they lied to the PEOPLE - they created false information on a daily basis - but worst of all they collectively spewed their anti-America propaganda and fed it to our children. The alphabet networks worked hard to undermine our legitimate government and they crucified anyone who dared to question their plots and lies. Our children will discover on their own that living under the boot of Communism is worse than death. There is a reason that people all over the world want to come to America to live free. When that option is destroyed by the CCP Democrats - all hell will break lose in The United States of America - even the idiots in Portland will finally understand their complicity in this suicidal mission of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Mitch McConnell (the worst of the lot). they all work for the CCP - they sold our country for $s - and now we must end the STEAL. The current GOP Senators and Congressmen are corrupt. If they were not corrupt they would have stood up and walked out of the Capitol building and declined to participate in the farce that they knew very well was a hoax and a witch hunt. The only way the PEOPLE can respond now is to refuse to participate in fake communist elections - not one vote should be cast for any of them until they are arrested and new elections are scheduled, and our legitimate President Donald Trump is sitting in the White House where he belongs. Prepare for a fight you thought you would never see in our country. Time to take out the garbage is near. This will be referred to as the "singularity" event that will shape the world.
  • Thank you Steve for your reply.
  • I am ready to let the northeastern states, and the west coast start their own country. If the electoral college is eliminated then only the large cities will determine our futures. We are going to be like the Hunger Games movies or books, we are already headed in that direction. How can Congress allow the excessive executive orders, take away their authority?
  • You know, your page is the only one I know that has the "edit" feature. No spell check though. Was the feature for the other pages removed due to technical difficulties in greater volume usage?
  • An interesting aspect of todays times.
    I don't believe that I can subscribe to a sociological balkanization of rural and urban areas by absolute indicators. Given the mass of urban centers, the statstical percentage of anti-social behavior is rather small. Anytime population mass expands in an area, marginal antisocial phenomenons (serial murder, rape, strong arm robbery, pedophilia, bestiality, homosexuality, etc.) will reach a threshold for visability. While I reject the Covid-farce, current Covid civilities regarding behavior has astonished me. It hasn't been all about a sheep mentality.
    Rural clanish or isolationist behavior won't be able to establish independent identity, if subject to outside material requirements, and accept outside standards conformance (the Amish have had a devilish time trying with some results). A declaration of local independence would first be needed. That would provoke the collective primacy of the larger state to be be enforced through action. But if local identity is expressed through traditional means, from the bottom up, the many local identities may exert control of the larger state agendas. Then can the disobedient Federal servant be reigned in through near consensus. But the Biggest club (Federal) as the preferred tool for all problems, has to be sworn off. I believe that is what is beginning now. If I am wrong, I fear the default method, WAR, will thrust itself upon us.
    How bad do we want to be free?
    But enough of my blabbing; what do you think?
  • Mike - " ....cut anybody's funding who is paid by tax payer dollar" Yes. Then reorganize the budget and only pay for necessary functions, IE - Military, library's, etc....... Operational expense only and then eliminate the national debt.
  • The only thing is USA 4ME we have to be in a political position in the government to actually cut anybody's funding who is paid by tax payer dollar.
    Am I right Steve, or not?
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    Hey Steve I vote for FACT! I say hit them where it hurts! In the wallet! How? Cut their funding by Defunding The IRS and when they can't fund their socialism we Defund The States.
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