What is next for the United States?

[Pat Mustard]

If everyone doesn’t mind, I’d really really like to stay away from the debate about whether abortion is morally wrong or not in this thread, if possible.

Can we please discuss what your thoughts are on what this means for the future of the United States.

If the republitraitors get their way, the increasing schism between the religious right and the 2nd amendment people and the neo-nazis on their side and the rational people opposing them will lead to a break up of the republic, like all empires rotting from the core.

In the immediate term, states like Alabama and Georgia are trading viability for ideological, theological and dictatorial purity. They'll see their best and brightest leave, their innovators leave and their enterprises leave. They'll find themselves increasingly dependant on handouts from states who actually give a damn about their citizens (hence why I said what I said above).

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You really think so? Even with Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court?

Conservative judges tend to respect precedence. He said he would. Who knows.

Conservatives only respect precedence when it is to their advantage or it leads to their desired outcomes. The rapist in robes will destroy Roe v Wade given half the chance.