The only problem I see with splitting the U.S. (besides the need to move people to their desired "sides"
is that the wingnuts are too inherently violent. WE know the laws and rules they would implement in their country would make it unliveable, even for the true believers (unless we're talking about tech bros, etc). People would be starving in the masses... there would be no medical care available for them, no jobs worth doing and paying anything. They're likely to end up slaves to the $$$ classes, without the care and feeding of such that might have gone in the past. Do you think they'll turn against their masters to make things better for themselves, or still blame the other half of the country, tho we have nothing to do with them anymore? I believe they'll STILL be blaming us for everything to their last dying breath. And, as such, they will make war. And, unfortunately, I don't believe the U.S. would have the fortitude to strip the military bases in Redland before turning loose the poor dears. So, they'll have all the military bases to raid and start their Civil War 2.0 (or maybe 3.0 by that time). One of my dearest friends and I have gone over these scenarios time after time over the last 5 years. The only thing I can see is to move them off the land of America completely, and put them where their ideology fits best. They can become part of some other country's resistance. Because like those I've started reading who immigrated to Russia, they're not real happy over there. These people are never going to be happy ANYWHERE, because to achieve that, you have to like, admire, and be happy with yourself. And the one thing ALL these people have in common is that hate themselves, first and foremost. Get them out of the country, move our resources and people who are wanting and willing to do the work to make the land fertile and productive once again into the areas. And if anyone tries to come back in, deport them back to their adopted country immediately.
I do believe in your timelines... only one small change I'd make. The religious nuts have been at this for far more than 40 years. They've been doing this since the Church of God split into two factions... mainstream and evangelical nut cases. We're talking close to hundred years they've been on the move to make this country a theocracy of their own design. Every time the world didn't end when they predicted it, they doubled down because they believed the situation wasn't right for christ to return, so they'd have to make sure it was for the next time. People like this don't change their beliefs. They're too ingrained, generation through generation through generation. IMO, they're actually worse than the Islamists that good Muslims have to deal with. And they will become just as deadly as the Islamists, I thoroughly believe.
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