A Common-Sense Solution ???

Here are some suggestions from Professor Tom Trenchard for what he calls the "United American Counties":

The principles of this new Union would be the principles of the Declaration of Independence, along with certain corollaries to these principles that elaborate its true meaning:

Limited and local government is the foundation of a genuine republic.

The natural right to religious liberty - of both worship and exercise - exists beyond politics, taking precedence over all rights merely positive, civil, or legal.

The natural right to life for all human beings at all ages and stages of development is entitled to recognition, respect, and protection.

The natural family begun in marriage between one man and one woman is the cornerstone of society.

The right to private property is fundamental, and should only be regulated as absolutely necessary to maintain free markets, equal opportunity, and the fair reward of industry and merit.

All citizens should be educated to understand the meaning and importance of American political principles, and equipped to become informed, active participants in our local, regional, and national systems of government.

Citizenship in the United American Counties is available to all who understand, profess, and commit to uphold the principles in this Declaration, regardless of national origin, racial or ethnic identity, or religious belief.

Source - https://americanmind.org/features/a-house-dividing/a-common-sense-solution/

I could live with these. But ... many people are vehemently opposed to most of them. I doubt they could be instituted without violence, a situation which destroys the entire concept.

By the way, these are eleven counties I believe would object to Trenchard's ideas and which more or less control our national electoral process. This rural/urban divide puts us squarely in a confederate/federal conflict not unlike that of our first Civil War: