Most of us on the left here would like nothing better than to be rid of most red states. On the whole, they take more federal tax dollars to prop up than they contribute, and their backwards ass attitudes hold the rest of the country back.
HOWEVER…
Most progressive voters would rather not abandon all of the disempowered minority groups in those states to their fate.
A “national divorce” as described by the space lasers lady would be incredibly messy and potentially devolve into a war and further violent and messy balkanization of the country.
Finally, having an impoverished, highly inequitable theocracy for a neighbor sounds like a massive headache.
Most of us on the left here would like nothing better than to be rid of most red states. On the whole, they take more federal tax dollars to prop up than they contribute, and their backwards ass attitudes hold the rest of the country back.
HOWEVER…
Most progressive voters would rather not abandon all of the disempowered minority groups in those states to their fate.
A “national divorce” as described by the space lasers lady would be incredibly messy and potentially devolve into a war and further violent and messy balkanization of the country.
Finally, having an impoverished, highly inequitable theocracy for a neighbor sounds like a massive headache.