In Episode #87, I introduced you to the concept of secession. We reviewed current and past secession movements and offered three reasons it is necessary AND good - decentralization, self-determination and competition. In this episode, I discuss the fourth reason secession is desirable - the idea that smaller is better. After that, we will discuss how secession is justified and I will do my best to dispel the most common objections to the concept of secession.

Show Notes:

American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, F.H. Buckley

Mises Institute:

• Secession in Virginia Woudl Defuse State's Conflict Over Guns
• Why Governments Hate Secession
• Three Reason Why More Secession Means More Freedom
• Why Rothbard Wanted Radical Decentralization
• Judge Andrew Napolitano: Natural Law vs. Tyranny
• Left and Right Many are Turning Toward De facto Secession and That's not a Bad Thing

Tom Woods Podcast:

• Ep. 52 - Secede!
• Ep. 82 - Walter Williams on Nullification, Secession, and More
• Ep. 196 - Secession, the South, and the Modern State Donald Livingstone
• Ep. 261 – Progressive Case for Secession
• Ep. 326 – What Tom Told the Washington Post about Secession
• Ep. 796 – Secession is moronic
• Ep. 1332 – Should Libertarians Support Secession?
  
• Ep. 1565 – Decentralization and Secession: Jeff Deist on the Only Way Forward
  
• Ep. 1575 – American Secession: Potential of National Breakup?

The Brion McClanhan Show:

• Episode 169 – Secession and Reconciliation
  
• Episode 293 – How Would Secession Work?

Secession is for Morons

Secession is a Solution for Deep Political Division

Ron Paul: Thoughts on Secession

Credit Suisse: The Success of Small Countries

Greater Idaho Conservatives Oregon want 22 Rural Counties Secede and Become Part Idaho

Truth Quest Podcast:

• Episode #19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington, D.C.
• Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
• Episode #87 - The Truth About Secession - Part I

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The “S” word - secession - seems to be brought up with more and more frequency lately. Most recently we have seen counties in rural Virginia exploring the possibility of seceding from the state and joining West Virginia. We are seeing similar movements in Northern California and rural counties in Oregon. While those are wonderful developments, the larger question regarding secession is the idea of entire states seceding from the United States and essentially establish their own nation.

The idea of state secession picks up steam with every passing year as the federal government - the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches AND the federal bureaucracy - continues to enlarge its power base well beyond its enumerated powers in the Constitution.

In this episode, I will introduce you to the concept of secession, discuss some of the current and past secession movements and walk you through three reasons why secession is not only desirable but necessary. In Episode #88 we will discuss how secession is justified and rebut most of the arguments against it.

Show Notes:

American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup, F.H. Buckley

Mises Institute:

• Secession in Virginia Woudl Defuse State's Conflict Over Guns
• Why Governments Hate Secession
• Three Reason Why More Secession Means More Freedom
• Why Rothbard Wanted Radical Decentralization

Tom Woods Podcast:

• Ep. 52 - Secede!
• Ep. 82 - Walter Williams on Nullification, Secession, and More
• Ep. 196 - Secession, the South, and the Modern State Donald Livingstone
• Ep. 261 – Progressive Case for Secession
• Ep. 326 – What Tom Told the Washington Post about Secession
• Ep. 796 – Secession is moronic
• Ep. 1332 – Should Libertarians Support Secession?
  
• Ep. 1565 – Decentralization and Secession: Jeff Deist on the Only Way Forward
  
• Ep. 1575 – American Secession: Potential of National Breakup?

The Brion McClanhan Show:

• Episode 169 – Secession and Reconciliation
  
• Episode 293 – How Would Secession Work?

Secession is for Morons

Secession is a Solution for Deep Political Division

Ron Paul: Thoughts on Secession

Credit Suisse: The Success of Small Countries

Greater Idaho Conservatives Oregon want 22 Rural Counties Secede and Become Part Idaho

Truth Quest Podcast:

• Episode #19 - The Truth About Elections and Washington, D.C.
• Episode #23 - The Truth About Nullification
• Episode #88 - The Truth About Secession - Part II

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Do you ever question the amount of time and energy spent fretting about the politics coming out of Washington D.C.? The Founding Fathers never thought that the average American would spend much time pondering the goings-on in D.C. After all, the federal government's power was constitutionally restricted. In this brief episode, I suggest an alternative to our seemingly unending focus on all things D.C.

Show Notes:

• Washington D.C. is Beyond Reform, Focus on Your State

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