From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 11:33:15 MST
KPJ wrote:
>
> What about the last time some states tried to leave the federation?
> South vs North, and all that. They did not succeed, AFAIK.
> Feel free to elaborate on why secessionists would have more luck today.
It would be politically impossible for American troops to fire on American
citizens, even if a state attempted to succeed. It is almost equally
unlikely that the secessionist movement in any state will attain a
plurality, much less the supermajority that would probably be needed.
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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