During Rachel Maddow's special, Prof. Timothy Snyder

[spooky3]

Said he feared that the country would split apart (eg, blue states v red states). Anyone else agree?

[Freddie]

1. How can we get this to happen?

Maybe the ICE murder was the tipping point.

[rzemanfl]

3. If blue state governors are not very quietly

discussing secession, I'd be very surprised.

[IzzaNuDay]

2. I think we care one step closer to it.

We were fragmented for the last 9 years. Nah, let’s rewind to 2008 starting with the Tea Party. And the birtherism, the racism, the callousness, the greed. What would be the breaking point?

[spooky3]

5. One factor he suggested IIRC was that blue states essentially financially subsidize

Red states, generally speaking. At some point citizens may get sick of this, on top of everything else.

[Irish_Dem]

4. We are in the midst of a Civil War.

Putin and China want the US to break up.

[canetoad]

10. And Putin and Trump

Want NATO to break up. Hard times.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yes they want Europe to break up and NATO.

And all the democratic countries no longer to be aligned

[rampartd]

6. more like balkanization

at least 6 warring blocs, and not neatly divided by state lines.

civil war 2 will be cities vs countryside

[spooky3]

8. An interesting point--because that is the real divide

[PatSeg]

7. I trust his perspective

If Snyder sees us splitting apart, it is a reasonable possibility.

[multigraincracker]

9. Right now, I'd vote for Michigan joining Canada.

[IzzaNuDay]

12. Washington, Oregon, California are likely

“Cascadia”.