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As Donald Trump’s tyranny grows, people are finding ways to cope with his unpredictable rule. The methods vary depending on the resources and opportunities. Those with money can escape to other countries. Ordinary people might apply for dual citizenship. Still others could choose to flatter the President and give him lavish gifts. Most recently, the CEO of Apple presented Trump with a golden smartphone trophy, for example.
Or someone who doesn’t align with any of the above could resist by joining an organization like Indivisible.
One less commonly discussed option is Secession. Writer Nathan Newman proposed this solution in The Nation in 2021. He argued that the current political structure favors smaller and more conservative states, undermining the interests of the majority. In a prior book, Break It Up (2020), Richard Kreitner went further, insisting that our founding fathers had no interest in democracy and inserted the Electoral College into the Constitution specifically to keep power in the hands of a minority of wealthy, white citizens.
The Declaration of Independence establishes the criteria for Secession. Regarding the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, the document states that whenever the Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.
The complaints the colonist had against King George III are similar to those that can be laid against Donald Trump: obstructing the Laws for Naturalization; obstructing the administration of Justice by Judges dependent on his Will; sending swarms of Armies to harass the people; creating Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature; rendering the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power; imposing taxes (tariffs) without consent; sending us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses; abolishing valuable laws, and fundamentally altering the Forms of our Government.
The right of Secession has been claimed before. The difference between then and now is that the Civil War was not fought over states’ rights. It was fought over values, the morality of slavery. Abraham Lincoln was slow to embrace the cause. In his inaugural speech, he said, I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
The right of a state to secede is unquestionable, however. A government loses its legitimacy when it survives by chicanery and brute force rather than by the will of the people.
For the blue states, Secession offers many benefits. Rather than pay federal taxes to support red states that are perpetually impoverished, blue states could use those taxes to invest in the good of their residents.
If it is true that a house divided against itself cannot stand (Matthew 12:25), then Secession is not only legal but necessary. Already, California is leaning in that direction.
BOYCOTT TESLA
