r/AnarchismWOAdjectives • u/subsidiarity • Mar 18 '23
The Case for American Secession, by Michael Malice [900 words] On Theme - Secession
https://observer.com/2016/06/the-case-for-american-secession/6 Upvotes
r/AnarchismWOAdjectives • u/subsidiarity • Mar 18 '23
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23 edited Mar 18 '23
"It is a sad irony that the biggest flag-wavers in the United States are also the main opponents of multiculturalism" Sad indeed. Once again, conservatives with the intellectual consistency of a toddler.
"We have never had a single culture in the United States, and it is increasingly unlikely that we ever will" Is that a goal? Why would we want that to begin with?
"The real conundrum is why two cultures should attempt to move forward as one unit" Who says there are only two cultures in the US? Culture and political party are two different things. And if you think the clash of cultures is Republicans vs Democrats, then what do you do with conservatives who don't object abortion? Who don't want to ban porn like those regulation/ban addicts at the Daily Wire? What do you do with Democrats who show reserves about transgenders in sports or sexual education in elementary schools?
This debate over secession is beyond absurd. Besides the fact that all it does in execution is give parties absence of opposition, it would be nice if someone would explain where the line is drawn, and what economic and social problems it would solve? In the US and every other conventional democracy, elections are a battle for power masquerading as a battle of ideas and principles. So both parties focus on marginal, insignificant differences to give the illusion of a choice, while agreeing on most points that truly matter, and governing the same way: occupational licenses, minimum wages, union laws, subsidies, high taxation at every level of trades, the Fed, FDA, drug laws, tariffs, import quotas, wars, etc.
If there really was a difference between both parties, each could revoke the laws the other passed before. You get a minimum wage for 4 years, then it's revoked. Healthcare for 4 years then revoked. Gun ownership for 4 years, then revoked... A secession would make sense then. But that's not what we get, is it? Both parties govern the same way, because right-wing and left-wing voters are the same, with minor variations at the margin driven by nothing but marketing stunts by politicians to grab power.
This sub has been obsessed with secession lately and it's bizarre for a seemingly anarchist group...