Soft secession?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It’s illegal, which kind of makes ‘doable’ and ‘advisable’ moot.

Boru

It would require a constitutional amendment.  There's no reason that couldn't happen if there was enough support for it amongst the states.

Though I don't Balkanization is much of an answer.  What's to prevent further Balkanization of smaller political subdivisions?  What do the red hats in California do when they find themselves living in (in their view) the glorious Soviet workers paradise of Californiastan?

(Bold mine)

If they’re caught sneaking across the border into Oregon, they could be sent to Beaver Buchenwald.

Boru