> Indeed, the whole idea of "red states" and "blue states" that is common in US politics kind of shows it happening at a large scale. > For example I've recent

> Indeed, the whole idea of "red states" and "blue states" that is common in US politics kind of shows it happening at a large scale. > For example I've recently seen news about parts of eastern Oregon wanting to secede and join Idaho, and the primary reason for that is that you have a minority (rural eastern Oregonians) who are permanently disenfranchised with effectively zero agency over the laws and regulations that rule over them, as a result of them being a minority in Oregon. Northern California is the same, with this proposal to solve it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_st...