• Snowclone@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    That’s what the Civil War was about, there is no legal way to exit were one nation period end of story millions of dead soldiers proved it.

    If a state tried to leave they would have to prove they could no matter the laws. It would be war. No ifs ands or buts. That means having a military that could take out the US military. Currently the top Airforce in the world is the US Airforce, the second largest Airforce is the US Navy, then it’s Russia, then it’s the US Army. Unless you can somehow convince the military to side with you when you leave, it’s not going to happen. I would imagine if you tried to claim it legally the best you could hope for is Federal agents walking in the second said state gov claims independence, and idk arresting the heads of state for treason, and telling said state to elect a new gov.

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      21 hours ago

      But what is the US military going to do? go to a state that wants to secede and just kill everyone in it??