# We are in a very unhealthy place as a country **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-a-very-unhealthy-place-as-a-country/771325 "2016-11-10T05:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-a-very-unhealthy-place-as-a-country/771325/20 "2016-11-10T07:11:16Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > In theory, you’re right. In practice, how many Americans in 2016 would die to force California to stay in the US? The America of 1860 might have been willing to endure massive destruction and loss of life to keep the country together, but the America of 2016 is going to want to keep their way of life, and a war with modern weapons(even if we don’t use nukes) would mean the destruction of a large part of our modern infrastructure and the impoverishment of tens of millions, not to mention the cost in blood. I, for one, am rather sympathetic to the Brits’ new-found respect for the right to self-determination. If California wants to leave, I say, “don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-in-a-very-unhealthy-place-as-a-country/771325)._