I have another thought - states secede and apply to join Canada - the Western seaboard, North East seaboard and Great Lake states for starters. An echo of the creation of Canada.
very interesting and something I too have thought about. The essay was running long and Trump stole my thunder when it comes to US Canada mingling. I have this image of north America reconfigured to look like a molar: long prongs down the seaboards and Canada as the crown
We Brits tried something like this in Ireland. It hasn’t been particularly successful. And given the nature of the MAGA ideology, it seems unlikely, even if you could successfully separate the existing country into 2 political entities, that they could co-exist peacefully: since populism thrives on blaming the Other, the CSA government would find its new neighbour too easy a scapegoat for everything that went wrong economically or politically.
I have another thought - states secede and apply to join Canada - the Western seaboard, North East seaboard and Great Lake states for starters. An echo of the creation of Canada.
very interesting and something I too have thought about. The essay was running long and Trump stole my thunder when it comes to US Canada mingling. I have this image of north America reconfigured to look like a molar: long prongs down the seaboards and Canada as the crown
We Brits tried something like this in Ireland. It hasn’t been particularly successful. And given the nature of the MAGA ideology, it seems unlikely, even if you could successfully separate the existing country into 2 political entities, that they could co-exist peacefully: since populism thrives on blaming the Other, the CSA government would find its new neighbour too easy a scapegoat for everything that went wrong economically or politically.
Sadly, that's what would probably happen. But then I accept a peaceful negotiated separation is highly unlikely.