The Origins of Our Second Civil War
31st July 2018
Victor Davis Hanson lays it out.
We are now nearing a point comparable to 1860, and perhaps past 1968. Left–Right factionalism is increasingly fueled by geography — always history’s force multiplier of civil strife. Red and blue states ensure that locale magnifies differences that were mostly manageable during the administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, the Bushes, and Clinton.
What has caused the United States to split apart so rapidly?
August 1st, 2018 at 09:23
The Supreme Court left open the concept that a state could leave the union if the other states voted to allow it to do so. (As opposed to “See ya!”, which didn’t work out so well in 1860.)
Texas was a sovereign nation that came into the Union by treaty and has always held that it should just as easily be allowed to leave. By pissing off the Left Coast, the Rust Belt, and the Northeast Communist Corridor, it’s not unlikely that a sufficient number of states would be willing to unload a state where people “still cling to their guns and Bibles”.
The socialism and other lunacy that is turning the USA into a large-scale version of the Titanic only makes a more and more rational case that Texas, as the lifeboat of American democracy, should be allowed to cut the line before being pulled under by the sinking ship. The same could apply to other red states, but I honestly don’t care about them. Sam Houston pointed out that hooking up with some of them was a bad idea and that may still be the case.
Of course, we’d still have to do something with Austin. (Is it still “Austin” today, or has it become Portlandia or Ho Chi Minh City or something?)
After the Titanic hit that iceberg, the crew initially thought everything would be ok. After looking over the damage, it became apparent that things had gone too far and there was no hope. I look at the Left today and it’s control over the blue states and I honestly think we’re past the tipping point.
OK, not everyone is on board with this yet, but I will remain here “clinging” and waiting for the rest of you to catch up.