Somehow, federalism allows all states to use the same 120 volts and we are not about to fall apart.
The Civil War literally started because some states wanted to carry on with slavery, and others didn't.
Whatever you think about Gavin Newsom and the Democratic Party - its a fact that a MAJORITY of California's residents do not want Federal forces deployed in their state.
Trump doesn't care of course that his forces are unwanted, because it plays tremendously well with everyone else. The more Mexican flags, and the more burning police cars - the better for Trump.
Why? I have friends here in NYC, that are diehard liberals, but that are saying now "Flying Mexican flags and burning property is not the way to get the message across. They are hurting the effort, and alienating allies." I mean... this is music to Trump's ears. The left is eating itself from the inside.
Trump is doing the Erdogan/Putin plan on a super accelerated timeline. Clean up the intelligence and military community, fight the judges, disable the universities, bleed dry the grant-consuming class, and finally centralize power onto Washington.
Bannon said that once they get back into power, Trumpists would "flood the zone". He said, we'll throw so much bullshit at them, that the left won't know what's up and what's down - and won't be able to effectively respond. I think so far Bannon is doing a fantastic job executing his plan of "flooding the zone".
When I try to understand why Trump and Bannon are doing the things they are doing, it's not always easy. But I think the key thing to understand, is that these men have lost all faith in the current version of the United States.
If you are willing to play the type of games that Trump and Bannon are playing, then you have to feel that the enemy is completely beyond redemption. "We gave them a chance, we waited, we expected a change... but it never came." To Trump and Bannon - the US has already collapsed.
They are basically revolutionaries, in the same mold as Lenin and Mao. They follow the revolutionary textbook to a T. They waited for signs that America might save itself from wokism, the arrogancy of coastal elites, and the scourge of globohomo... and then when the moment passed, they decided "this America is as good as dead - to revive it we will have to effect an all out attack."
When I listen to you, or Ptak, or others supporting Trump - I hear and see the same thing. You've given up on America - and are ready to do a scorched earth exercise on it.
Maybe it'll all end well, but these first six months of Trump show me that him and his team are serious about completely restructuring America.