What if the United States DID get a national divorce?

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Recently, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweeted that she was in support of a "national divorce," and that led to a national dialogue here in the United States. In this video, Mr. Beat attempts to examine what a "national divorce" in the United States would look like.

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[iammrbeat]

What do you think about the idea of the United States splitting up based on political beliefs?

One thing I forgot to bring up in the video: Blue states and red states CHANGE. For example, Georgia was reliably a red state until 2020. Indiana was a blue state in...2008. California was a red state in...the 1980s.

[Jacaerys]

Considering Texas has more democratic voters than most states and California has more Republican voters than most states Is a prime example of why this wouldn’t work.

[EddieChamo]

When living in italy and taking an Italian culture class I heard a great line, " All the regions like to act like they're so different, but we all eat pasta"

[gille]

The dumbest thing about the whole "national divorce" is ignores the history of demographics as states have shifted supported between the two parties. Also furthering divide is definitely not better for the country.

[TonyMidyett]

Urban areas are Democratic, rural areas are Republican, suburbs are mostly Democratic, and exurbs are mostly Republican. If we divorced along Blue/Red lines, we would have a collection of isolated city-states surrounded by a vast territory of conservative lands. This "national divorce" would fall apart immediately after it was formed.

[therealevilmudbug]

I think a national divorce would be pointless because in the next few years, blue states and red states will be different due to the election.

[KhordLizardMage]

What I found funny about her idea of a national divorce is that by most metrics, her own state of Georgia would be a blue state!

[duskydancing]

The irony of MTG's tweet about red states requiring prayer and the pledge of allegiance at school and blue states requiring pledges to BLM and the trans flag at school is that both of those scenarios would violate the 1st Amendment.

[GigaChad-hsim]

Government: hey are you a democrat or republican?
3 year old toddler: huh

[voltairelesuntermenschen]

This is the first time I've heard someone else (and especially coming from you) say that Americans agree on most political issues and it's just the media and politicians who make us believe we are divided. I really appreciate hearing that.

[jtgd]

Complains about “being forced to practice ideologies against our will”

Describes being forced to repeat the pledge of allegiance as a positive…

Not just she’s a hypocrite, but she really doesn’t care about free speech.

Why do we elect fools into office ?

[alibrown]

Wouldn't it be nice if the US had an electoral system that meant that congress actually represented the diverse opinions of American voters so that people didn't feel that separation was the only way to have their voices heard.

[InnerProp]

Thank you for pointing out how alike we are, mostly agree and need each other.

[HectorT]

I like how social media makes it even more obvious that politicians are mostly just normal if not dumb people, and thanks to that we get videos like this

[thomasr.jackson]

Fun trivia: only four states do not have state level laws requiring the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. Two are “red” states and two are “blue states”.

[bradyblough]

Here's the thing: MTG has never put this much critical thinking into anything she's ever said.

[kanirekt-exe]

As someone in an Antarctic state, I am absolutely appalled and offended that you didn’t mention us

[laurencebrown]

I clicked on this video wondering if you would discuss how Americans don't easily divide red/blue by state borders, and was happy enough that you did so early on that I stayed to watch the entire video. Very well made! I appreciate the amount of research you did, and enjoyed how you kept it serious yet entertaining.

[abilshihadah]

Man, I wish I had teachers like Mr. Beat when I was in school. These videos are total comedy and educational at the same time

[amitthehuman]

As a person who traveled across the US for 6 months, the determining difference seems to be the city and not the state. If the US map was actually separated to the blue and red areas it would look like an absolute mess.