Dude, don't kill my Utopian Buzz.
Remember I said, "What I'd hope would happen," to kick things off. As Chinese and Russian diets become closer to American diets, their reliance on corn for feed will only increase. That'd make the "I" states targets.
As for enforcement of free movement, that could be the responsibility of the common defense, who would report to some sort of council comprised of representatives of the various states.
But I'm not (as you've suggested previously) delusional or suffering from any "symptoms of sclerosis." What I expect to happen is for the US to fail and break apart with all the problems (and possibly a great many more) that you've suggested will arise from my model. We cannot sustain our present configuration, no matter how true some folks remain to the notion that "we've got it pretty good." How long can a nation remain the world's leading debtor before complete collapse? We're pushing 30 years with that moniker - far longer than I thought we'd get away with it. Moreover, our federal government is a complete sham. Our legislators don't even pretend to write (or read!) legislation anymore. In the main, corporate lobbyists write the bills and deliver them to our so-called representatives for signatures. These interests are virtually all located in the worthless thumb of the US generally, and New York and Massachussets more specifically. Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big Oil and Wall Street are the only entities served by our federal government. It's everywhere you look; from the Health Insurance Corporation Subsidy Law (aka Obamacare) to the fact that if you have worked hard, completed a graduate degree and are unfortunate enough to have most of your income derived from earned income (read: salaried professional) you will be taxed at a rate roughly four times that of Billy Gates and Warren Buffet unless you give huge chunks of your money to Wall Street Banksters directly.
When the Feds even bother to pass laws that affect, say, the kindergarten teacher in Huntsville, AL or Pocatello, ID, it is always to their detriment. The federal laws and guidelines hold them responsible for the IQ's of their students, back for-profit corporations to replace their public schools, tenure is now a thing of the past even in Progressive California, etc. sic nauseum. The United States will collapse into a host of separate nations because eventually, everyone outside of Manhattan and Boston will recognize that they are no longer the concern of the federal government.
If enough of us die in the revolution (hopefully, at least a few of our tactical nukes will be used domestically. This is even more likely to be the case since Obama has set the precedent that the President can kill any Americans he chooses), those that are left might be able to construct a federation as I roughly described. Those governments, serving a smaller number of people in close geographic proximity would naturally be more responsive to the regional needs of its people. At the very least, such governments would be vastly more responsive to the People's needs than the current puppets of Wall Street in Washington today.
As for enforcement of free movement, that could be the responsibility of the common defense, who would report to some sort of council comprised of representatives of the various states.
But I'm not (as you've suggested previously) delusional or suffering from any "symptoms of sclerosis." What I expect to happen is for the US to fail and break apart with all the problems (and possibly a great many more) that you've suggested will arise from my model. We cannot sustain our present configuration, no matter how true some folks remain to the notion that "we've got it pretty good." How long can a nation remain the world's leading debtor before complete collapse? We're pushing 30 years with that moniker - far longer than I thought we'd get away with it. Moreover, our federal government is a complete sham. Our legislators don't even pretend to write (or read!) legislation anymore. In the main, corporate lobbyists write the bills and deliver them to our so-called representatives for signatures. These interests are virtually all located in the worthless thumb of the US generally, and New York and Massachussets more specifically. Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Big Oil and Wall Street are the only entities served by our federal government. It's everywhere you look; from the Health Insurance Corporation Subsidy Law (aka Obamacare) to the fact that if you have worked hard, completed a graduate degree and are unfortunate enough to have most of your income derived from earned income (read: salaried professional) you will be taxed at a rate roughly four times that of Billy Gates and Warren Buffet unless you give huge chunks of your money to Wall Street Banksters directly.
When the Feds even bother to pass laws that affect, say, the kindergarten teacher in Huntsville, AL or Pocatello, ID, it is always to their detriment. The federal laws and guidelines hold them responsible for the IQ's of their students, back for-profit corporations to replace their public schools, tenure is now a thing of the past even in Progressive California, etc. sic nauseum. The United States will collapse into a host of separate nations because eventually, everyone outside of Manhattan and Boston will recognize that they are no longer the concern of the federal government.
If enough of us die in the revolution (hopefully, at least a few of our tactical nukes will be used domestically. This is even more likely to be the case since Obama has set the precedent that the President can kill any Americans he chooses), those that are left might be able to construct a federation as I roughly described. Those governments, serving a smaller number of people in close geographic proximity would naturally be more responsive to the regional needs of its people. At the very least, such governments would be vastly more responsive to the People's needs than the current puppets of Wall Street in Washington today.
