The Vermont/New England lefty secessionists have been making the rounds on TV and other media lately, the Southern secessionists have been around for a while, but now they've joined up.  Both groups are disattisfied with the Federal government, the Southern groups wanting conservative values like ending abortion and strong immigration enforcement(they're also accused of being white supremacists, though I don't know a thing about these people so I don't know), where the New Englanders are angry about the war and "imperialism", and I'm sure the litany of other leftist values are in there too.  


The hypothetical flag of the Republic of Vermont.

Apparently, both movements are growing, which is entirely unsurprising, I fully expect that they'll continue to given the frustration of over where the country is going and an increasingly different opinion on where the country should go. 

I expect that this sort of thinking is going to become more mainstream over time(where now its in the tinfoil hat realm), there is going to be a strong appeal to move in this direction, as it makes living in a nation run by an ideology you identify closely with much, much easier.  Of course one wonders if the people who are leaning toward this idea have thought about the negative side effects of this idea. 

That said, I'd like to see the federal gov't loosen its control and let the states have more say and responsibility or even direct say and responsibility, particularly on domestic policy, but this secession talk is too much.

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