I’ll be honest. I never heard of Brightline Watch before today. But it came to my attention that they recently conducted a poll that revealed nearly 1/3 of Americans are open to breaking up the United States in favor of separate societies founded on like-minded cultures. Specifically, their assessment stated:
When presented with a proposal for their region to secede from the United States, almost one in three Americans (29%) are willing to entertain the prospect. Republicans (33%) support secession more than Democrats (21%), but Democrats are more amenable to secession than Republicans in areas where they tend to hold power.
Whether that means they’re ready to say “adios” to the current United States, it’s fair to wager that these folks no longer see this nation as one that can sustain given the deep divides that become more obvious by the day.
Is it such a stretch to think that breaking up the USA is a good idea? Who can look at the state of our country and think this can go on without an escalation of violence?
I was on Facebook recently and shared a link to Peaceful Separation on a friend’s post. One of her friends chimed in saying that the site was right-wing propaganda. I admit I’m someone whose values and principles can be categorized as “on the right.” But that’s not really the point. She didn’t address any of the arguments made on the site. I asked her to make the case for keeping the country together, and I never got a response.
I assume she’d be in the 2/3 of the people polled who wouldn’t want to break up the United States, but I’m not sure whether she would think that breaking up the nation would be a good idea if Peaceful Separation had a left-wing bend to it. I do make the bipartisan case on the Get What You Want section that both left- and right-leaning people could get their desired policies enacted in the event of separation without interference from those with opposing worldviews.
Can this really be argued? If people of whatever ideology you can think of are put into societies with others who share their values, what’s to stop them from finally realizing their ideal communities? What’s not to like about that?
Since I picked on this girl, who clearly isn’t open to any points made if they’re rooted in right-leaning perspectives, I’ll give another example.
The Facebook page for the Walk Away movement featured a post by the organization’s founder detailing an encounter he had with left-wing activists. The point of the post was that the incident made him more resolute in his principles and he was going to continue to fight against the left and for the (then) re-election of Donald Trump. I chimed in saying that it’s a waste to burn calories to continue fighting with the left, playing the power grab game back and forth, until we’re all dead. I emphasized that it was a better life to be lived if we broke off from those who they find morally reprehensible and build better societies with those whom we wouldn’t have to struggle against for the rest of our lives.
Now, since Peaceful Separation is apparently a right-wing propaganda haven according to my previous commenter, you’d think the folks on this thread would have a eureka moment and compliment me on my perspective. Nope.
I was told how the Walk Away founder’s story was proof that we needed to fight the left even harder and bring the United States back to its original intent.
Now, I understand the romantic vision of America. I really do. I shared it for most of my life. But I’m a rational human being with a functioning brain, eyes, and ears. I can see the path down which we’re headed, and it’s not pretty.
The only chance we have is to self-segregate into communities that give us the best chance to live in harmonious peace and allow us to be the best versions of ourselves. That can’t possibly happen when we’re constantly at odds with those who we view as morally abhorrent and obstructing our goal to realize the perfect society.
If you share this view, share it whenever possible – whether it’s taking part in polls like this, writing to your congressperson, or in casual conversation with others. It’s a good sign that nearly 1/3 of the people who participated in this poll were open to secession, but to paraphrase Matthew McConaughey from The Wolf of Wall Street, we gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.
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