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Hmmm..While some people believe that splitting the United States into two separate countries would give states more control and cater better to regional needs, many people believe that the United States is stronger when it's UNITED. I don't have to remind anyone that the country has a rich history and tradition that makes it so frigging special, and splitting it up could create conflicts and problems between the new countries - the logistics of splitting up the United States make it a nearly impossible task as it would negatively impact the economy, trade, and relationships with other countries. Therefore, it's important to work together as a single country and appreciate what makes us unique as Americans!

Because most states are some level of purple and splitting us up state by state is batshit insane. Not to mention, red states are financially dependent on blue states and would be screwed without their support. It’s also not a clean north and south split like during the civil war. It would be blue coastal states separated by a red middle. Just a geographical nightmare.

The people in the states do not want that. Like, not a single state has a majority interested in leaving. There is no history of oppression of the south, as much as some vocal babies try to pretend that there is.

If the south actually wants to leave, they may do so, but it is not currently that way.

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When I was in Scotland during their last independence vote the Scots would ask what we thought and were surprised when we said that we thought they should stay part of the U.K. Since Brexit, my opinion has changed: if they’re going to be separate, the E.U. is a better ideological and cultural home for Scotland than the U.K. (I.M.H.O., anyways). The U.S. is entirely different: red states aren’t really red and blue states aren’t really blue: they’re a continuum of interwoven ideologies that historically leans slightly one way or another with differences that are insignificant in terms of being able to separate one group from another along geographic lines.

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It’s a question of self understanding I think. US states see themselves as states(in a sense of administrative regions) within a union. They do have strong regional identities, but no history as an independent nation or independent ethnic group (Excluding native Americans). So there is no strong drive to be a nation of their own. A strong sense of being “Americans “

Scotland and the UK on the other hand see themselves as states in a sense of nations that have “joined” in a union. Scotland was an independent country before. The ethnic lines have blurred over the centuries, but the Scottish see themselves as Scottish. To a much lesser degree they will refer to themselves as being from the UK.

So there is much greater empathy for a Scottish independence than for the potential Nation of North Carolina.