FTA:
In the U.S., however, the idea of secession has been off the table since roughly the Battle of Gettysburg. Likewise, the same two parties that led the United States into disaster in the Civil War are still utterly dominant here.
I tnink an Irish militant type strategy would've won and preserved the Confederacy. /s/Struggle
One could almost make the case that sort of struggle has already started here in the US of A.
It may, but America and Europe now are missing some key things like a grounding in culture, community, tradition, and ethnic folk. And so, no one would martyr themselves preserving this atomized, consumerist, individual, ego-centric status quo. And no one would honor that sacrifice, as they did in Ireland.
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