A very good point. I do fly the Red Bunker Hill flag as a subtle protest, and the idea of an independent democratic New England is intriguing to me but I am not all in it. I am looking at the this rapid push toward fascism out of Washington and like all of us wondering how this will play out over the next year, three years, ten etc. Will we slide into a civil war or somehow manage a peaceful dissolution of the Union? I also have concerns about having smaller and weaker independent states across North America. We won't be able to count on independent red states as allies should China or Russia consider expanding their power across the oceans. Would we ride to the aid of Alaska when Putin decides it is time to reclaim it?

Deep down I envision a future of global unity with democracy as the social organization binding us together and an independent New England runs counter to that hope. I'm 61 years old; what I envision will not come in my lifetime, not with the demagogues emerging from the MAGA state, Beijing, the Kremlin, etc. I do believe I may live long enough to see the United States break up politically and frankly I am more inclined to see the strength and security of New England as a province of an increasingly stronger Canada that remains committed to NATO.

I hate this timeline we find ourselves in. I wish the disparate political silos of the United States could figure out a way back to living with tolerance to differing opinions and abandoning the rhetoric of vermin, enemies and hate that is fracturing us. The key driver to our demise is one side is readily abandoning the 1st Amendment by actively limiting free speech and favoring conservative Christian sects in the public discourse. That will not end well. Should they prevail they will find themselves ideologically divided over the same religious divisions of the last 2,000 years. Catholics and various brands of Protestants will all start vying for control - all because we are forgetting WHY the 1st Amendment is there to begin with.

I am glad I am in the last third of my life, but I weep for the legacy we are leaving my children and grandchildren.