Ron Paul fans are still trying to come up with ways to live in a country that believes in the ideals created and forwarded by one Mr. Ron Paul. Of course, many people have floated the idea of moving to one state and then seceding from the union, but every logical person knows that won’t work:
…most readers here probably have been following the goings-on in states like Vermont and Alaska.
One thing that has struck me about these is their air of unreality. If the god-king Lincoln managed to get the (rump) nation to prevent 7, and then 11 states from seceding almost 150 years ago, killing 600,000 Americans in the process, then what chance does a single state now have against a much more powerful and entrenched federal government, that runs the largest empire on earth? “The secession question has been settled.”
And it is hard to argue against this point. Whenever anyone thinks of, say, Vermont leaving, they just shake their head. Little old Vermont with the U.S. as a neighbor? Yeah, right…
Of course! No single state could succeed (or secede) on its own; that’s crazy talk! But never fear! The Ron Paul fans have an answer to this silly secession problem! They have a plan that is foolproof:
But, what if all 50 states seceded at about the same time? Then, little old Vermont starts to look pretty viable. Its neighbors would be not the U.S., but New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Quebec! Vermont could go on its own, or join with one or several of these in confederation. As to Quebec, if 50 states seceded, could a subsequent Canadian secession not be far behind?
There is no way that this plan will not work. Secede for unity, y’all!
Some people just refuse to accept reality. Cognitive disonance.
Wow, check out the comments on that website. What a bunch of nutjobs.
I, for one, was kind of hoping Washington would secede…
We’d be in a much nicer position than most states.
Coastline, natural resources, excellent climate, developed industries… hell, we even have nuclear missiles here, in case Oregon starts getting belligerent.
I’m SO going to volunteer for the militia when we “annex” parts of British Columbia.
First comment: “how do we stop it from being infiltrated by Zionists and their lackeys?”
I wonder if they all hear a constant slow pinging or bonging noise in their heads at all times?
So long as we get to nuke the Red Bushie states, I’m all for this plan. Dang welfare states always whining …
I love how they don’t realize the inherent problems in being a landlocked country. But, being Americans, they probably don’t have the best grasp of geography.
I was thinking the other day about how much better the entire world would be if we had just let the south secede. I mean, that’s assuming that they wouldn’t have been able to keep that slavery thing up forever. But still, that would have changed the course of history for the better, I think.
@4 Have any of them been to Vermont? If “lackeys” includes hippie software entrepreneurs, bong carvers, hipster farmers, socialist doctors, lesbian maple syrup tappers, and leaf peeping enablers, then zionists and lackeys are the all the current inhabitants. There might be some libertarian WASP Dartmouth econ professors they wouldn’t hate, except they would figure out those profs are gay.
@7 Right… because all the South and its inhabitants can be grouped into one single group of people that is best done away with…
Really, Jocelyn? How unlike you… I’d have expected that from many of the douchebags who comment here, but not you.
What The Fuck Would Jesus Say?
Jesus would say Nuke The South.
I heard him when I was talking with a Gay Baby Whale recently.
The stupidity is mind-botteling.
Yeah, I meant to say that.
#7, even aside from the dubious conclusion that slavery would have ended anyway, I think there are some big problems with that hypothetical. The South absent Northern manufacturing would have had serious economic problems. The need for more land to support the plantation system would have led to conflict with its neighbors. Most likely, the CSA would have tried to challenge Northern claims in the west, leading to another round of war. The need for a Pacific port would have put California in particular into contention. Barring that, it could have turned to the south and launched another war on Mexico. Things would have turned out differently, but I don’t really see how they would be better.
Yes, I’m sure the welfare states would be really excited to secede and give up all that federal funding.
what if all the states seceded but then formed a “union”, with a document that controlled the way they related to each other, and some common rights they would share?
we could call them the “joined states”, or…