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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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From: S. maltophilia12/6/2025 5:33:05 PM
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Full Blown Secession?

Christopher Armitage

Dec 06, 2025

This is a thought experiment, not a manifesto. I’m acting as a researcher here, following the data to see where it leads. More Americans are talking about full secession than at any point since the Civil War, and rather than clutching pearls about it, I wanted to examine what the numbers actually say would happen if the two dominant political coalitions each peacefully received exactly what they wanted.

The reason this conversation has moved from fringe fantasy to serious discussion deserves acknowledgment. Many people now believe the 2026 midterm elections will either be cancelled or nullified. This belief does not emerge from paranoia. It emerges from observation. Not once in recorded history has a fascist leader or their party been democratically elected and then democratically removed from power through standard means. The structural changes this administration has implemented follow a documented playbook that Trump did not write, and it’s meant to nullify and dismantle democratic safeguards that make elections matter.

Project 2025 was authored by conservative institutions that have planned single-party....

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