The Risks—and Opportunities—of a Slow National Divorce

The speaker believes that the United States is experiencing a slow national divorce rather than secession/nComplex systems are failing, as evidenced by disruptions in logistics and essential supplies during the pandemic/nCompetence is decreasing in various sectors, including the military, education systems, and corporations/nRegional leaders like Ron DeSantis are becoming more important as they push back against federal government mandates/nPeople are sorting themselves into states with similar values and competent governance/nThe federal government is becoming more incompetent and unable to enforce its will on these regions/nThe decline of central authority will not be announced but will happen gradually/nFormal declarations of secession are dangerous and unlikely to occur