Embracing secessionism

Anyone who reads the Declaration of Independence can reasonably conclude the signers believed they were declaring the independence of Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the other former colonies from the British Empire. The War Between the States established the myth that what they really were declaring was the establishment of a new empire based in the District of Columbia and comprised of Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other colonies.

Vache Folle makes a terrific case for the right to secede. Samples:

The US is just too big now and is characterized by too much central power. Does it really make sense for New Yorkers to meddle in the affairs of Californians or for folks from Kansas to tell New Englanders what marriage should be like in their region? I don’t think so ...

I don’t expect independent states to be especially liberty oriented, but I know that the huge, centralized US government is a threat to liberty in and of itself. And if there were 50 independent countries, I could vote with my feet and move to a state that was more free. The nannies could congregate in nanny states and regulate the crap out of themselves.

Vache gives James Leroy Wilson credit for aiding his conversion to secessionism. I know how he feels.