I’ve been pondering a lot lately about which state it will be that will be the first to secede from the United States of America. For today, let me muse about Texas and Montana.
Texas has a vibrant secessionist organization called the Texas Nationalist Movement. Run by dynamic President Daniel Miller and charismatic Membership Director Cary Wise, they have spread the concept of Texas Independence far and wide in the Lone Star state. The TNM is by far the most well-operated and organized independence movement in the nation, and has touched more lives with the message of regaining personal liberty and nationhood than any other group in North America.
To my knowledge, Montana has no organized secessionist or independence group. So…you may ask…why pick Montana as a potential secession candidate?
Much has been written about The American Redoubt, a Western liberty “reservation” modeled roughly after Galt’s Gulch of the book Atlas Shrugged. The Redoubt could work but it would work best as a new North American nation, not simply a do-over of American government and American culture.
So let’s look at some informal observations about each state.
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Nice map! , we'll get that damn fence up to. When we build it, it's going to put the great wall of China to shame!.
ReplyDeleteHeh.:)
DeleteBah, that map does not work. Nuevo Aztlan would not likely extend beyond Sacramento. A "Cascadia" might be possible of the coast region but beyond I-5 from Seattle to Portland and Eugene it is not so blue beyond the cities. The greenies have made it so the rural areas have no love for the liberal state capitals. Urbanites have more numbers but how will they feed themselves and maintain order? Odds are they won't, let alone march a capable army a few hundred miles to recapture "rebel" territory.
ReplyDeleteThe Volokh Conspiracy blog weighed in on the Thompson South Secession article from a few days ago:
http://www.volokh.com/2012/08/24/would-the-north-be-better-of-without-the-south/?ModPagespeed=noscript
Amusing comments there. Interesting ones too dealing with water rights in the west.
Urbanites have more numbers but how will they feed themselves and maintain order? Odds are they won't, let alone march a capable army a few hundred miles to recapture "rebel" territory.
ReplyDeleteYup and thanks. Ilya Somin: I can do without him.