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Posted: 8/12/2020 3:20:26 PM EDT
You find a magic button. The button does one thing: instantly gets rid of the federal government and the union.
All federal employees are instantly unemployed. Each state becomes a country with sovereignty over whatever is in its borders including military equipment. The citizens of each of these new countries will need to set up new governments as they see fit. Free trade? Freedom of movement? Freedom of immigration? You don't know what will happen with any of that because that will be set up by the new countries after you push the button. Active duty military can choose to stay with their unit serving for the new country they are in or take an honorable discharge. Either way when they are done, they get free plane ticket to the new country of their choice and no questions asked citizenship. Any military assets or personnel stationed in foreign countries will be packed up and sent to whatever state the Feds would've sent them to pre breakup. There are no other buttons or choices. This is the only button and you can push it or just leave everything as it is. Do you? |
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I'd do it. Us free states would just invade and take over the liberal unarmed states.
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As long as we get a big beautiful wall, which we will.
So yep. |
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Perhaps I’d remember that this country has powerful and malignant external enemies and I wouldn’t push the button.
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You had me at "Do you push the button?"
I don't care what it does. But I'm gonna find out. |
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Quoted: Perhaps I’d remember that this country has powerful and malignant external enemies and I wouldn’t push the button. View Quote Yeah, but it sure seems like our biggest threat comes from within and this would strip their power immediately. Let the liberal states wallow in their filth. If China attempts to invade I'm sure the states can create some kind of mutual defense treaty. |
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What happens to federal military assets that are in CONUS? Do they just end up belonging to whatever state they happen to be in? So California becomes a massive naval/nuclear power, as does Virginia? Washington and Georgia become nuclear-armed powers, as well as all the states with nuclear missile silos? Air Force planes end up belonging to the states in which the bases are?
That would certainly be interesting. |
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“No Snake, don’t do it. You’ll set us back to the Stone Age!”
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I like roads and electricity and water and food and gasoline.
I would not push the button. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Can I move to a different state first? Joke's on you, I don't have a basement. I hook button up to my Garmin GPS then leave the state and then press it. Noting Dk_prof's statement above, I steal a tank and an F18 on the way. (I'm pretty sure a tank can tow a plane right?) |
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Quoted: What happens to federal military assets that are in CONUS? Do they just end up belonging to whatever state they happen to be in? So California becomes a massive naval/nuclear power, as does Virginia? Washington and Georgia become nuclear-armed powers, as well as all the states with nuclear missile silos? Air Force planes end up belonging to the states in which the bases are? That would certainly be interesting. View Quote |
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The loss of the dollar (and strength of new currency) would be the most substantial blow. Tough question, but fuck it, let's party.
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Alliances would be formed. I'd like to tender my availability to become the inaugural chairman of the Capitalist United National Territories' Association of Sovereign States.
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Quoted: Those units stay in those states, but the personnel can chose to move to a new state with an honorable discharge. Equipment stays. View Quote What if those units decide they don't want to stay? How would the new "nation-state" make them? Ask nicely? I.e., the CO of some carrier group based in San Diego decides he wants to set up shop in Houston or somewhere other than California? Hell, would silly commie states like California even want icky military stuff around? |
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We would be invaded by China overnight and/or nuked by Russia. So no
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I dunno, man. Pushing the button kind of seems like an unintended-consequences type of scenario
Pharmaceutical production? Interstate transportation of goods? Oil? What state has the infrastructure to truly stand on it's own? |
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The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize (Official Music Video) LOL, music video is oddly appropriate, too |
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Quoted: What if those units decide they don't want to stay? How would the new "nation-state" make them? Ask nicely? I.e., the CO of some carrier group based in San Diego decides he wants to set up shop in Houston or somewhere other than California? Hell, would silly commie states like California even want icky military stuff around? View Quote Mount up and roll out. Or sail out, in your example. Silly Commie states like CA would soon find they had plenty of icky military stuff on their turf. It'd just be PLA military stuff. |
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Quoted: What if those units decide they don't want to stay? How would the new "nation-state" make them? Ask nicely? I.e., the CO of some carrier group based in San Diego decides he wants to set up shop in Houston or somewhere other than California? Hell, would silly commie states like California even want icky military stuff around? View Quote |
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I get to keep the Big Red 1 and half of the county's food supply? HELL YES!
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Hell yes, I'd push it with a full erection.
Probably would be better than what we'll have in 50 years. |
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I’d push it, right after verifying over the phone with my wife that everything got safely to Tennessee.
Would leave some weapons and ammo behind for the Michigan civil war or as it will be known in the future, the Stretchin Gretchen Insurrection |
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Didnt even read it, just pushed the button. If you ever need to test a button, Im your guy.
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Lol no
The founders envisioned a need for a federal government. Maybe not the one we currently have, but one nonetheless. Simply making that disappear doesn't fix anything. |
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If I could push the button and have the west coast and northeast leave the US? Hell yeah id push it instantly.
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