Thread by @KumarSeshadri

Here's a proposal to solve the serious social and political problems in the #USA: #Partition.

Let's just use the 2020 Presidential Election Results as a basis.

Split the US to create two new countries, one for Blue America and one for Red America.

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The red states can be called URSA, or United Republican States of America, and the blue states can be called United States of Democratic America (USDA).

In blue states (USDA), #abortion would be a fundamental right; in red states (URSA), it would be illegal.

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#Evolution would be taught in USDA, #Creationism in URSA.

#Opencarry guns would be a fundamental right in URSA; the #SecondAmendment would be abolished in USDA; no private guns.

In URSA, there would be a flat tax rate of 10%.

In USDA, the #top1percent would pay 99% tax.

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In URSA, no language other than English would be allowed for any official purpose.

In USDA, the #Constitution would initially allow up to ten official languages, starting with English, Spanish, Italian, German, Yiddish, Mandarin, Hindi, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Navajo.

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Given that there are several swing states, some will be deemed part of URSA and others part of USDA. A five year transition period will be provided so that people wishing to leave URSA states for USDA states and vice versa can be accommodated.

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In URSA, the law will mandate that there can only be two genders. In USDA, a new national organization, the USDA Kingergartner Teachers Association, will be entrusted with the task of determining the gender of every baby born, and will deliver its verdict at age 5.

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In URSA, old statues of #Confederate heroes will be re-installed by popular demand, and new statues of famous slaveowners will be commissioned for display at courthouses. Jim Crow laws would be brought back, and textbooks will stop teaching the civil rights movement.

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All environmental controls would be abolished in URSA. Coal mines will be reopened. The national motto will be "Drill, baby, drill."

In USDA, gasoline cars will be banned. Only wind, solar, bioenergy, tidal energy, etc. will be allowed. People will not mind freezing.

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In URSA, new laws will be passed to be tough on crime committed by blacks. The death penalty will be widespread, with the slogan, "You fire, we fry."

Whites found guilty of shooting others will not be punished but sent to counseling because guns don't kill, people do.

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In USDA, immigration will be encouraged as the source of diversity and strength.

The motto of the Statue of Liberty will be embraced by the nation.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore."

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In URSA, "a great, beautiful wall" will be erected on every border of URSA with every other nation, including USDA, to make sure nobody can illegally enter URSA.

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In USDA, the #minimumwage will become $50/hr. In URSA, the minimum wage will be abolished, and employers will be free to hire employees at whatever wage they can get them to work for them.

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However, both the URSA and USDA will believe in #ManifestDestiny and the right of the US to interfere in the internal affairs of all other countries, but believe that no other country can interfere in their affairs.

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Both URSA and USDA will send their militaries to fight in wars thousands of miles away from them, and supply weapons to other countries wanting to fight wars. Whether USDA and URSA will fight each other, however, is an open question.

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