Inching Towards Secession

As noted in my post on personal secession, only two conditions need to be met for secession to be the de facto state of affairs:

1. Tribute is no longer paid upwards in the political hierarchy
2. Money is issued and kept independently

To this, we might add that centrally issued laws and regulations are regarded as mere guidelines. Only locally issued laws and regulations are followed up and enforced.

It follows from this that a central government can hasten a secession movement by levying excessive taxes, debase the centrally issued money supply, and issue laws and regulations that go against the interests of peripheral entities.

Seen in this perspective, Texas and Mississippi just inched their way one step further towards secession by declaring the end of plague related rules and regulation, all issued and recommended by central authorities. We can also assume that these states are paying less in tribute to the central government than has previously been the case because of plague related restrictions that have now been lifted.

The overall picture is one in which the central government is loosing control of peripheral states much in the same way Rome lost control of its peripheries during its decline. In some instances, Rome continued to send money to the peripheries even after de facto secession was established. This is similar to the relief packages being sent out from Washington DC these days. Money is sent out to the peripheries in a willy-nilly and indiscriminate manner for no other purpose than to extend and pretend that the union is still intact.

The fact that many states have already established a return to constitutional gold back money should be of further concern to Washington DC. But this too is wilfully ignored by central authorities. Instead of actions to the contrary, the dollar is being debased at an alarming rate. A collapse of the dollar is all but ensured. Secession seems increasingly likely, but no-one is willing to bring it up as an issue. More likely than not, secession will be ignored even when it no longer can be denied. There will be a state of affairs in the US, similar to that of late antiquity in Europe. Political figures will continue to pledge their allegiances to the union. There will be all sorts of lofty proclamations, but no-one will be paying any tributes, and money will be issued and kept locally.

Rome

By Canaletto - Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork, Public Domain, Link