In the midst of the current conversation regarding possible solutions to America’s deepening political divide, secession of certain states has been suggested as a way to allow Americans with disparate world views and concepts of governance to live in peace within the same national borders. I would contend that this solution would cause far more tragic consequences than those problems it might alleviate.
States like Texas, with its long politically and culturally conservative tradition, have spoken of leaving the union that no longer represents their beliefs. California, Oregon, and Washington spoke of seceding in 2020 had Trump been re-elected. (In today’s America, actually winning a majority of the electoral college votes no longer assures re-election—therefore their threat of secession proved unnecessary.)
If the goal of some is to gain the ability to live their collective lives separately in a secure environment that allows for a fuller expression of their beliefs—this goal cannot ultimately be successfully attained long term via secession. One has to think on a global scale when considering the makeup and security of the American Republic, and when devising means to resolve our political differences.
With the current state of global competition between contending cultural and political philosophies, such as the enmity between democratic nations and totalitarian states, it must be recognized that the balance of power is at approximate parity. Any shift in this balance of power will render the United States susceptible to challenge and potential attack. At the very least should the U.S. be weakened sufficiently, our enemies would be emboldened to attack our friends and interests in other areas of the world. Without a strong, united national economy, with its resultant large tax base and subsequent significant defense spending, there would exist no way to remain a nation with sufficient power to deter our enemies, who are multiplying and growing ever stronger. We would simply not have sufficient funds in the treasury left over to finance our own defense adequately nor that of our friends throughout the world. This would allow the well financed and cohesive People’s Republic of China to gain final military hegemony and begin to impose their totalitarian will across the globe, putting our nation and others at grave risk of final invasion and subjugation. Under this scenario, secession would serve as the nail in the national coffin of the United States, weakening her sufficiently to bring to a certainty such calamity.
As in the American Civil War, the national bond must be forcefully maintained for our combined strength and our very existence to be ensured. And as in that great war, should force be necessary to prevent the secession of some states and the resultant weakening of our nation, it will be warranted and wise to exercise it. This includes California, and as strange as it might sound to American conservatives, it also must apply to Texas. Should any state seek to leave; they must be prevented from doing so. Imagine California or Texas, two of our largest state contributors to the national treasury, leaving and removing their tax revenue contribution to the national budget. This single state secession would relegate the United States to second tier nation status, changing the balance of power quickly and sufficiently to tip the scales to the strong advantage of China, that behemoth that enslaves their own citizens, puts unwanted portions of their population in concentration camps, where Chinese men rape the captive women in order to dilute their racial identities, in what in essence constitutes a genocide. Should a nation of this character hold the dominant position in the world, millions of people will be subjugated and countless more killed. All from one simple act of thoughtless state secession in the United States. It must not be allowed.
A far better solution, though daunting and fraught with complications and danger, yet potentially yielding actual long term substantial advantage, would be the specter of a direct civil conflict in the United States to resolve these now irreconcilable differences. Should the right ultimately prevail in this struggle, we would retain the ability to keep the Union intact, while gaining the power to impose our form of traditional American values and governance on those Americans who seek the destruction of these traditions, thus fulfilling our dreams and prayers to renew our great country. Then from this renewed position of strength, we would retain the ability to protect our national treasury, and to therefore maintain our ability to prevent evil forces in the world from attaining sufficient power to impose their systems of grief and misery on the world. We could put a final end to the slaughter of millions of unborn American citizens, and stop this genocidal stain on our great land. We would gain the political power to regulate our borders, thus protecting the job prospects of millions of Americans. We could put an end once and for all to the misuse of political office for private gain. We would reign in our fiscal spending and cease ridiculous government “welfare” programs, thus avoiding looming financial calamities that regularly have befallen us.
Secession would be a tragic mistake. It would effectively speed our national demise. With the recent cementing of hard leftist control in our government, and the continued propagandizing of our population against our history, traditions, and traditional form of governance, and with the nascent ability of the Democrats to strip conservatives of their political representation through voter fraud, there is no remaining political solution to renew our great land. We must resist with sufficient force to enable real change and foster our national renewal.
History will write our story, recording whether we oversaw the demise of our great land in our time and on our watch, or whether we mustered the courage and made the sacrifices necessary to save America for now and for future generations. We have the opportunity and ability to make this generation the greatest in American history, surpassing the foresight and courage even of our founding generation and the World War II generation. This we must do, and this we will do with God’s help and direction. Stand with us—help us wrest our country back and ensure our safety and the continuation of our great society in perpetuity.
American Renewal