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> The fact that it hasn't happened in the U.S. does not mean it cannot be done. It has been tried before, and there's a pretty big precedent for what happens.
by orthecreedence 10y ago
> The fact that it hasn't happened in the U.S. does not mean it cannot be done.
It has been tried before, and there's a pretty big precedent for what happens. That precedent is civil war. How is California seceding going to be any different from the southern states?
- flukus 10y agoThe Confederacy independence also involved seizure of federal assets, something that would be very unlikely or impossible with a modern independence movement.