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Originally Posted by djplong
Yeah, that Russian professor made that prediction in 1998 - said it was 'imminent'. He repeated himself in 2008. When backing up his assertations, he got his historical facts wrong (said there was no debt in the 1980s). In addition, he doesn't realize that all the states in this country joined voluntarily. None were conquered. Some were independant countries who sued to join the Union.
If a state can't find the gumption or wherewithal to exercise it's rights under the Constitution, how do you think they're going to find the brass coconuts enough to actually secede?
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Djp, look at the process that led up to the dissolution of the USSR. The member states did not rise up in a civil war. The center collapsed when the economy ceased to function. There was no coup., although one was attempted. There was little bloodshed. Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, etc. went their own way. Germany reunited and all Russia needed was assistance in getting its troops back. Poland, Hungary. Kazakhstan, etc. all went their own way.
Twelve former states of the USSR are now members of NATO. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia have become members of the European Economic Union with East Germany being a part of the union since German reunification. Oil fields in The Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are being developed by those nations.
None of this required a civil war remotely comparable to the one we had here in the United States. When the center collapsed, the individual nations HAD TO make their own way. It wasn’t a case of growing a pair; it was a matter of survival. Today, they are stronger. Today, the United States government is increasingly dysfunctional and unable to survive even as its share of the national product radically increases. I would hope that the people can take off the blinders and see what is coming.