The political structure of the USA is so screwed up at this point that I view leaning towards states' rights as one of the only viable pathways for the country

The political structure of the USA is so screwed up at this point that I view leaning towards states' rights as one of the only viable pathways for the country to survive. Having Red and Blue come together is apparently not going to happen, and it's just getting worse and worse. Maybe the opposite is the way to go. A radical shift in power towards the states gives every subculture their own laboratory to live or die in. Liberal values can be protected in liberal states, and you'd see the opposite in conservative states. Maybe we could stop fighting for the federal right to shove our ideologies down the throats of states that don't want them. Different places would do different things, and that would be alright.