Should The State Secede?
When it comes to secession, everybody thinks it's the state's right to secede from a union based on the founding fathers of revolutionary war, but what we should be aware of is how is it going to happen, what could possibly happen after that, and what is the state going to do keep the progress in place. California is an economically stable state. It has what it takes to stand out as a country itself, but it is not a good idea.
The issue with today's Constitution is that it does not let states formally and peacefully secede. Based on the article, "If Californians did manage to come together behind the difficult task of securing a peaceful and legitimate withdrawal from the union, they’d be forced to confront that abandoning federalism wouldn’t …show more content…
"California’s many minority Republicans... would push at once to formally institutionalize decentralized government," and march on Sacramento[1]. This may make the government of California fall. Who is going to rule the newly-born country if the government has already fallen?
Moreover, California has nearly the world's sixth largest economy[1]. If the California secede from the Union, and the Republic get divided into six regions, the economical benefits of the state will not be equally shared between the six regions. If each one of the six regions become an independent country, they will have different economical looks. At that time, there will be no national government to fund the state with Federal Money. California can stand perfectly well if it stays as one nation, and solve the cultural issues within the state, but not if it divides[1].
I do not think seceding from the country would be a good option, but dividing the state into 6 different states would be a great option for both the people and the government of California. The state of California consists of people with different mindsets in the southern and northern parts of the state who can not get along together. Seceding would hurt the state, but dividing into six regions inside the Union would
The issue with today's Constitution is that it does not let states formally and peacefully secede. Based on the article, "If Californians did manage to come together behind the difficult task of securing a peaceful and legitimate withdrawal from the union, they’d be forced to confront that abandoning federalism wouldn’t …show more content…
"California’s many minority Republicans... would push at once to formally institutionalize decentralized government," and march on Sacramento[1]. This may make the government of California fall. Who is going to rule the newly-born country if the government has already fallen?
Moreover, California has nearly the world's sixth largest economy[1]. If the California secede from the Union, and the Republic get divided into six regions, the economical benefits of the state will not be equally shared between the six regions. If each one of the six regions become an independent country, they will have different economical looks. At that time, there will be no national government to fund the state with Federal Money. California can stand perfectly well if it stays as one nation, and solve the cultural issues within the state, but not if it divides[1].
I do not think seceding from the country would be a good option, but dividing the state into 6 different states would be a great option for both the people and the government of California. The state of California consists of people with different mindsets in the southern and northern parts of the state who can not get along together. Seceding would hurt the state, but dividing into six regions inside the Union would