On Feb 20, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> Doug jokes that their ancestors tried secession once before. Except
> for the Emancipation Act, I'm still not persuaded that their defeat
> was a good thing. :)
It was a serious joke. I mean, really - isn't the secession issue closed? The U.S. has many problems, but its federal gov is the most powerful institution in the world. Try to challenge it and you'll end up dead.
People make a comparison to the USSR. The ruling class of the USSR wanted to destroy it. They wanted to become a capitalist ruling class and steal state property. It worked. But it's not like it fell spontaneously.
Doug