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Back in the start of the previous decade, I thought a Free Cascadia was a really cool idea. That a local populace could propose a demand to separate and either form a provisional state of Southern Oregon/Northern California retirees to make 'Jefferson', or the dream of Eastern Washington and Oregon merging with Idaho is cute.
What happened the decade since was watching this same movement occur with the newer Free State Project, a similar idea of making New Hampshire (or Vermont?) a more independent state open to Libertarian stuff.
It is now 2021, and the NH Libertarian Party is still a mere fraction of the size compared to the two big Rep/Dem factions. State independence and own identity without an economic plan to bootstrap with now feels like putting the cart before the horse. In retrospect, the sound of Cascadia has the same dim light as the citizens of Hong Kong and Taiwan protesting for independence from the mainland. Not every country can be like Monaco or the other European/Caribbean microstates. Noticing the consumption that requires a nation as large as the US or China makes one require a reality check.