When the Republican-controlled Texas legislature, at Donald Trump’s urging, first pushed through...

In addition to states mentioned in the article Missouri is doing a new gerrymander due to the Republican fear of losing Congressional seats in 2026

  • xyzzy@lemmy.today
    3·
    12 hours ago

    The system is running on inertia but in a decade or less we may see a proper dissolution of the states and the implementation of some kind of corporate feudalism kleptocracy and various blocs of states like Cascadia forming their own micro-unions.

    Good. People fear this outcome, but I would welcome it. It would allow for greater representation and actually allow the West Coast to join the 21st century. We could keep more of our money, complete interstate high-speed rail, set energy policy, etc.

    Right now we’re a married couple living in one house, and one partner is abusive, controlling, and insane. The right answer is not “figure out how to make it work.” And yes, I know factions don’t live cleanly according to state lines, but it’s close enough now and only getting more voluntarily segregated as time moves on.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      I agree, if we built a new coalition of allied, prosperous states with their own constitution towards fairness and equality without fear of federal interference it would be a huge benefit to the people who live there.

      The part that makes this outcome less than ideal is that the former US federal system will still have control of the world’s most powerful military, and I don’t really expect that particular faction to want peaceful and amicable relationships with their neighbors. We’re going to just see a replay of the Russia/Ukraine situation where unhinged tyrants prosper on starting endless wars with former members of their union.