A ‘soft succession’?

[mister_coffee]

I've been following that idea for a while.

I suspect it is taken quite seriously in Olympia. And Sacramento.

[just-jim]

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Interesting idea….

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/blue-stat ... -secession

Some excerpts:

“Consider the numbers:

From 2018 to 2022, individuals and organizations from blue states contributed nearly 60% of all federal tax receipts. Red states contributed only 40%.
This amounts to a $1 trillion transfer payment from blue to red states—or $4,300 per capita.

On the county level, blue counties make up 71% of the U.S. economy, while red counties make up just 29%.

In short: however you slice it, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, Social Security, Education grants—blue states are bankrolling red states, and red states are actively undermining democracy in return. That’s not federalism. That’s economic extortion.”
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And…
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“ Finally, soft secession is not a new or radical concept. It’s part of America’s historical and constitutional DNA. Some of the most transformative moments in U.S. history were acts of non-cooperation with federal failure:

- The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Northern states like Vermont passed legislation refusing enforcement of The Fugitive Slave Act, and Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional, and therefore unenforceable.

- The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s: Many cities and states refused to enforce segregation before federal intervention finally banned racial segregation.

- LGBTQ rights of the 2000s: Massachusetts recognized same-sex marriage a decade before the Supreme Court did.

- Marijuana Legalization of the 2010s: States like Colorado and California legalized cannabis despite federal prohibition—and now Congress is finally catching up.

Each began as a defiant act of soft secession—and each expanded access to justice for millions proactively, rather than waiting for the Federal government to catch up.”