something like that. doesn’t have to be exactly like that.
the reason is simply because i believe that there are irreconciliable differences between the rural population and the coastlines. you can’t have one government with one set of policies if the people clearly want two very different policies. what is the point in that? the government should help the people as much as possible, not continuously piss off half of the population.
maybe something like the EU can be done, where you have individual states, but they have some laws in common …
edit: also i should mention that i believe that it is easier to hold your politicians accountable if they live closer-by to you. like, in medieval times, if the landlord made some laws that pissed the people off too much, they would walk to his home with pitchforks and torches and demand change. You can’t have that if your representative politicians live more than 30 miles away, really.
Not all of Illinois will go. There’s an active group that wants to break off from Chicago. Yes it’s rural downstate.
Iowa probably won’t go.
Source: me, I grew up about 45 miles from the Iowa border in rural Illinois. Ive seen what it’s like
seriously: split the country up into two.
something like that. doesn’t have to be exactly like that.
the reason is simply because i believe that there are irreconciliable differences between the rural population and the coastlines. you can’t have one government with one set of policies if the people clearly want two very different policies. what is the point in that? the government should help the people as much as possible, not continuously piss off half of the population.
maybe something like the EU can be done, where you have individual states, but they have some laws in common …
edit: also i should mention that i believe that it is easier to hold your politicians accountable if they live closer-by to you. like, in medieval times, if the landlord made some laws that pissed the people off too much, they would walk to his home with pitchforks and torches and demand change. You can’t have that if your representative politicians live more than 30 miles away, really.
Not all of Illinois will go. There’s an active group that wants to break off from Chicago. Yes it’s rural downstate. Iowa probably won’t go. Source: me, I grew up about 45 miles from the Iowa border in rural Illinois. Ive seen what it’s like