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I don't think you'd find very many people who would support breaking up the United States -- at least in the United States. There might be support for breaking
by aquanext 12y ago
I don't think you'd find very many people who would support breaking up the United States -- at least in the United States. There might be support for breaking some of the states in the US into smaller entities, particularly on the West Coast.
But we have a pretty strong national culture, despite our local differences and our shared and troubled history.
- Tyrannosaurs 12y agoCulturally there is actually a great similarity between Scotland and much of England. One of the weaknesses of the No campaign in my view is that they've failed to draw on the massive similarities between Scotland the the industrial north of England. The differences between London and Scotland are significant, but the same differences exist between London and much of the North of England.
- jobu 12y agoAlthough the number of people involved is relatively low, there are some loud voices in various parts of the US that would like to secede. Hawaii - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_sovereignty_movement Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements Alaska - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Independence_Party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Independence_Party
- aquanext 12y agoThere's a movement where I'm from that wants the Pacific Northwest states plus British Columbia to split off into a country called Cascadia. Barring some terrible disaster, I highly doubt that's ever going to happen in the near future. Maybe in some distant future where things are very different, but it's not realistic right now.