Dr. Kenneth Owen

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That sense of powerlessness is always the driving force.

I think there is something about the idea of secession that appeals to the American mindset.

I think it's part of the American founding myth that

Having our own government is a way that they can reclaim some of that power that they feel they don't have.

They are building the sort of political infrastructure that you would expect to need.

I just think that there are much greater structural impediments ahead of them.

So there is, in theory, a constitutional mechanism.

It has never been used to create a new state on this scale.

So you're saying there's a chance?

This is what's interesting about secession, right?

They all sound crazy right up until the time that they happened.

It's maybe about reopening the social contract.

So in a lot of the cases that I've studied, people are really unhappy about a particular issue.

Regular political channels haven't quite worked.

And then when they threaten secession, it gets lots of attention and it starts a conversation that moves things together.

Yes.

Is it likely?

I'm not sure that political violence is ever likely or unlikely when those circumstances exist.

Most of the time that a rebellion breaks out, it's because there's a spark that lit the fire.

The question is, how many sparks are there around?

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