I'm unsure what it fixes. The election was "lost" because of islands of corruption in otherwise conservative-ish states. Why cut yourself off when the cancer is already in you? I do think states need to flex their now atrophied muscles and they seem to be to some degree. When the feds announce gun seizures if the states stand up we'll see what happens; if not then there was no hope in secession anyway. And I don't think the political energy exists for an actual civil war. While the left would enjoy the idea of crushing red states I don't think they have the stomach for a war that isn't on the other side of the world. They'd have to bring back ration stamps; can you fucking imagine.
To that point - what power would... say, Stacey Abrams have if she was just a nobody "organizer" in the Independent State of Georgia (...the... North American independent Georgia), lording power over Atlanta?
The problem is cities can dominate entire states to swing electoral votes in presidential elections -- they'd have a lot less sway if they were forced to allocate state legislature votes Great Compromise style. In fact, they'd never get their way again.
I'm unsure what it fixes. The election was "lost" because of islands of corruption in otherwise conservative-ish states. Why cut yourself off when the cancer is already in you? I do think states need to flex their now atrophied muscles and they seem to be to some degree. When the feds announce gun seizures if the states stand up we'll see what happens; if not then there was no hope in secession anyway. And I don't think the political energy exists for an actual civil war. While the left would enjoy the idea of crushing red states I don't think they have the stomach for a war that isn't on the other side of the world. They'd have to bring back ration stamps; can you fucking imagine.
To that point - what power would... say, Stacey Abrams have if she was just a nobody "organizer" in the Independent State of Georgia (...the... North American independent Georgia), lording power over Atlanta?
The problem is cities can dominate entire states to swing electoral votes in presidential elections -- they'd have a lot less sway if they were forced to allocate state legislature votes Great Compromise style. In fact, they'd never get their way again.