Trump threatened it would be “very dangerous” if he were jailed over the new charges he’s likely facing, citing the “passion” of his fan base.

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It won’t even if he does. Trump isn’t the cause, he’s a symptom. The US is probably not going to survive as a unified nation for very long, and honestly, it probably shouldn’t.

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When you have an illness you still treat the symptoms while you address the cause so the symptoms don’t make things worse.

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Making the United States a union of sovereign territories instead of a country with a powerful federal government sounds like a familiar idea.

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One our national enemies would love.

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They wouldn’t be national enemies anymore

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You mean the ones that are also headed towards total societal collapse within the next decade? Yeah, I’m sure they’ll totally have plenty of resources to spare for a trans-pacific invasion when they can’t grow any crops.

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Who said anything about that? This country should be split up entirely. It’s already completely unable to function by any reasonable standards, and for decades the harm it’s caused its own people and the world at large has been increasingly outweighing any good it does. Empires are always negative forces and should always be dismantled.

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No, the nazis much not be allowed to establish their reich.

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How would you split the country? There are heavily blue areas in red states and heavily red areas in blue states.

Or do you just want chaos?

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This country should be split up entirely. It’s already completely unable to function by any reasonable standards, and for decades the harm it’s caused its own people

Weird that you start talking about Russia all of a sudden.

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The person I replied to did:

The US is probably not going to survive as a unified nation for very long, and honestly, it probably shouldn’t.

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He is a cause and a symptom. Trying, convicting, and imprisoning his would go a long way, but would not stop the problem from growing.

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We’re better off with systemic incentives in place to dissuade the next person considering Trump-like criminal behaviors.

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Splitting the US like that would be absolute chaos and probably result in several civil wars. This would also destroy all federal aid programs and I can guarantee no states are going to step on to fill that void. Dividing the country further than it already is will not solve anything.

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This country is going to implode one way or another. We can try to have it happen in a kinda sorta controlled way, or we can do your idea of sticking our fingers in our ears and just let the pressure build until it breaks in the most destructive way possible.

It’s going to hurt no matter what. Trying to avoid the pain will only end in worse pain.

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This country is going to implode one way or another.

Then it is a good thing America is the most successful country in the entire world, Ivan. So that we don’t have to worry about Russia’s imminent implosion. I guess that is why Russians are fleeing their country in droves.

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No one said balkanization was a good thing. Just that it happens, and is currently happening, being driven by multi-billion dollar media corporations trying to inflame a culture war to keep the lower classes occupied. They were too successful, and the wheels are starting to come off.

We might be able to fix it, but the current trajectory is pretty clear.

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