nope. i care not

truly a scientific method

@ManAnimal I have to agree with that

for science!

for the people who are still alive

I am suprised no one ever points out that any legal argument against seccesion is completely retarded as the MOMENT a state decides to leave, the Federal Gov HAS no legal standing to even make an argument

Yeah but they cannot succeed though. You need 2/3rds ratification by the states to do so

That won’t happen

If it is MY house and my kid gets kicked out cause a new gov takes over, he can't sue for being evicted lol

No one is willing to break the status quo

They don’t because there’s nothing addressing the issue explicitly. Most of it is implied post-fact.

the point is, 'rules' only MATTER if you have the abilty and the WILL to ENFORCE the rules

otherwise, they are just words on a page

Guess who has the monopoly on force?

The state

incorrect

the Federal Gov

And if the rule exists in the first place to actually be enforced. There’s no legal boundary that says a state cannot leave the Union, meaning that secession was perfectly within the legal authority of the states.

Did you not just hear what I said?

I WISH the State had the monopoly

The Feds are the State you dumb boomer

pay attention, the discussion is about STATE'S rights

When I refer to “the State” that is what is the govt

After all, any powers not explicitly given to the federal government are assumed to be the power the states and citizens hold respectively.

the State is not the Federal Gov in this context

what 'you refer to' in your head, we cannot know

pay attention to context

The state is the smaller political entity; a region.

For example, Connecticut is a state.

we know this, but the two statements are incompatible

false dichotomy

Mao was woke af

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".

"State has monopoly on force" - this is NOT the same usage as 'Pennsylvania is a State"

same word

two different meanings

and we were using the second

this man speaks the truth

@Uksio same, but for Virginia.

Again as political argument the State refers to whoever is in charge as a political entity. Doesn’t mean local or otherwise