Thanks
to Mr Mark Thomey for giving us his original essay to work with, and to Mr
David Rockett for helping with revisions.
Though written mainly to Southerners, we hope all the States in the unnecessary
Union will find it helpful.
For most Southerners
who’ve suffered through twelve years of government schooling, and successive
years of media indoctrination, the above statement probably appears
ridiculous. Some years ago, a friend brought up this idea with some of
his co-workers at the engineering firm in Louisiana where he worked. One
young man, a recent graduate of Louisiana Tech University, sarcastically
replied, ‘Oh yeah, and go from being one of the poorest States to one of the
poorest third world countries.’ But would that necessarily be the
case? Let’s take a more critical look at Louisiana and see how the
statement of my friend’s former colleague fares.
‘Small is Beautiful’
In the Yankee
mentality, bigger is better. Part of their argument for holding this vast
empire together by force is that in order to be a viable, stable country, we
have to occupy a sizeable chunk of this vast piece of real estate called North
America. However, does the reality surrounding the existence of many of
the countries of the western world support this notion? Let’s see.
Louisiana covers an
area of 43,562 square miles. That makes her only slightly smaller than
Greece (50,942 sq. mi.) but larger than Hungary (35,919 sq. mi.), Portugal,
Austria, The Czech Republic, Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium
(11,780 sq. mi.). I dare say that no one in their right mind would
declare any of the countries listed above to be unstable or unviable;
especially since many of them have existed as countries for centuries longer
than the united States. If, in typical, condescending, Yankee fashion,
you would argue, ‘Yeah, but those are rinky-dink countries,’ (I suppose this is
a slap at their lack of superpower military status), then consider that
Louisiana is one-half the size of the United Kingdom and one-third as large as
Germany (neither of which have been slouches in the military power game).
On the population side, Louisiana ranks just below Ireland (4.72 million) and
well below The Netherlands (17.0 million) for tenth on my list of ten at 4.68
million people.
This places fair
Louisiana in very good company compared to some of her potential neighbours, so
the size argument is refuted.
It’s the Economy
Stupid!
Some of you may
recall this phrase being bandied about during the Clinton administration.
There is a kernel of truth in it, though, as a portion of the stability and
viability of any country is achieved by its commerce at home and with other
nations. This is the crucial attribute which can make size
irrelevant. Let’s look at Louisiana’s income potential.
Louisiana’s gross
domestic product (GDP) of $246 billion would make her 45th out of
211 countries, giving her a place in the top 25 per cent of all nations – in
the same league withHong Kong, Ireland, and Chile. This is not a bad
place to begin.
. . .
The
rest is at https://usareally.com/68-louisiana-as-an-independent-country
.
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Holy
Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema
to the Union!
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