re: #170 Shiplord Kirel

What will happen is that the states will become dramatically different from each other as GOP agitation destroys federal power and more and more authority devolves to the states themselves. The differences will be in education, civil rights, and economic opportunity. We are already at the point where conservative state officials openly defy the federal courts and this can only increase as the federal executive itself undermines the courts and their authority. Some states will prosper, not least because of talented people fleeing the conservative ones, while others will stagnate and regress, with minimum wage economies, endless privilege for the rich, suppression of minorities, and theocratic propaganda in place of education.
When, and whether, this will lead to an actual political rupture is anybody’s guess, but the effect will be same. Foreigners may start distinguishing between “blue America” and “red America.” They may already be doing so.

All y’all will become Alabama. You’re going to love the BBQ.