Great article, thanks. Lots of great point about the need for us to get together and unify a bit — admittedly not my own strong suit.

I don't normally link to my own stories, but I just had to mention that I wrote a little bit of futurism about a tour through a Republic of Texas a year or so ago. Heavy on the humor because the idea of a state like Texas going it alone is so preposterous:

https://medium.com/politically-speaking/a-tour-through-the-republic-of-texas-in-2032-3d7a521b28d9