The Struggle to Break the US Into Different Components

The attempt to break the US up in 1860s was motivated by something that was objectively pretty evil, namely slavery. And so because of that, whenever people talk about secession of states and a breakup of the United States into various pieces, you automatically end up sounding like you're racist or want to do crazy things. Now, that being said, I do think objectively the US should be many different countries. Very hard to do given the cultural history of this country.