>Wait…are you saying the confederacy should have the right to secede peacefully? See, that's the problem with this question: the issues of self-determination a

>Wait…are you saying the confederacy should have the right to secede peacefully? See, that's the problem with this question: the issues of self-determination are tied together with huge human-rights abuses here. What if, in the year 2025, the state of Maine wants to secede? Should they have that right? There's no slavery in Maine. If they don't have that right, why not? What philosophical principle does your argument rest on?