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Re:Unratified Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by rukittenme on Sunday March 11, 2018 @11:20PM (#16566015)
Why would states persist in a union that made them irrelevant? The politics are still as relevant today as it was then.
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Re:Unratified Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by mikeash on Monday March 12, 2018 @07:50AM (#16567520)
It’s way harder to leave than it was to refrain from joining.

Another major factor is that Americans mostly see themselves as citizens of the USA first, and citizens of their state a distant second.

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Re:Unratified Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by s2g on Monday March 12, 2018 @02:37AM (#16566546)
Because the alternative is worse.
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