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> separatism ... which should be a right of any group wait. how would that work? seriously. would that apply to Texans and Californians who want to secede f
by HillaryBriss 9y ago
> separatism ... which should be a right of any group
wait. how would that work?
seriously.
would that apply to Texans and Californians who want to secede from the US?
what about:
* a sect of highly conservative polygamists in the American West?
* the Michigan Militia?
* extreme American Communist party members?
* David Koresh followers?
* a population of immigrants from country X who now live in country Y?
* ethnic Russians in Ukraine?
do any/all of these groups have the right to separate from their current government?
what are the ground rules?
- em3rgent0rdr 9y ago> "wait. how would that work? seriously" Answer: "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." -US Declaration of Independence Depending on the specific case, it would be up to people to determine whether these conditions have been met.
- hnbroseph 9y agowas the uk acquisition of northern ireland legit - even though they 'bussed in' a bunch of brits to vote for it?
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agothat is an interesting question. I actually don't think majority voting should be the final arbiter for the legitimacy of a government.