~>  BA> My personal preference is to convene a Constitutional convention and
~>  BA> dissolve the United States.  Most if not all of the states have
~>  BA> economies larger than most other recognized nations. 
 
~>  BA> IMO the US is a failed experiment and has been for half a century.
 
~>  BA> Individual states and groups of states would, of ocurse, be perfectly
~>  BA> free to merge or form alliances.
 
~> Uuuuuhhhhh, didn't they try that back in 1861? I'm pretty sure it was in all
~> the media of the time. 

No.  The Constitution was left intact at the time, and the attempted
dissolution was resisted by some of the states, leading to the War of
Northern Aggression.  Or was it the War for Southern Independence?

 
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