So, I like the idea in principle. But the chances of it happening are slim and none. And Slim’s out of town.

Washington will make sure of that. There would be new definitions of martial law, extraordinary rendition and assassination.

https://www.caseyresearch.com/doug-casey-on-california-breaking-apart/

Justin Spittler

Justin: What do you make of Cal 3? Would you like to see California break apart into three states?

Doug: It’s a good idea, in principle. If you’re going to have political entities, those entities ought to share a culture, language, religious beliefs, and traditions. In other words, political entities should more closely resemble what Greek city-states once were…

My take is that the world—including the US—would be much happier and more prosperous if politics played a much smaller part than is now the case. The world would be better off with 7 billion or so independent political entities, not 235 like we have today…

The closer we get to every person being independent and having complete control of his own life, the better off we’ll be. That being said, three smaller Californias—each of whose residents have a lot in common—would be better than one big dysfunctional agglomeration… Read the rest of this entry »