I think he's on to something with the idea that it is going to happen , the question is how.
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It seems so obvious that this needs to happen. Hundreds of millions of Americans want nothing to do with each other and they mostly live in different places already.
I agree. Have thought so for almost ten years. It only becomes more obvious to me. What blows my mind is how few people think about how the US moves forward. The focus is winning elections as if this is a solution. Both sides see oblivious to the practicality of the deep division. I never hear people talk about finding common ground and leaving each other alone.
When I mention solutions they can only talk about defeating the other side like they will go away or something. Yet they focus on preaching to their own side. It's absurd to me.
It's easier to sell people on increased local autonomy, for now. In essence that's just slow moving secession. Like real divorces, it will eventually reach the point where the disparate sides need to make a full formal break.
Good point. Moving toward more localized governance models is a better outcome. This also sounds better than federalism. Better in a marketing sense