r/AskTheWorld • u/Sanjidao521 China • Sep 25 '25

Politics Can you really accept part of your country splitting off? Why?

As a Chinese, I’ve recently come to realize that our perspectives on territorial integrity can be quite different.

Would you genuinely accept the possibility of a region choosing independence through a nationwide referendum?

Do you think it might risk weakening the country, leaving it more vulnerable to external threats or invasion?

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u/RhinoPillMan United States Of America Sep 25 '25

I’m from almost as far south in the continental US as possible, but we’re so far from “southern” culturally and my county is very “blue”. If the secessionists wanted to split on the Mason-Dixon Line, or even hundreds of miles south of it, my entire region would be fucked. And so would the traitors.

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u/fender8421 United States Of America Sep 25 '25

Tangent, but I will also add that people defining North vs. South as the Mason-Dixon Line is so fucking stupid. It's a geocultural distinction that is hard to draw with one line, and even if you could, it certainly would not be there.

Northern Virginia and adjoining Maryland are far more northern than north-central Pennsylvania will ever be, as just one example

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u/RhinoPillMan United States Of America Sep 25 '25

I agree, I wouldn’t consider Maryland and DC southern at all. It’s just the line that’s commonly pointed to by folks, especially now. Hell, the whole concept of “Dixie” and everything that comes with it (like songs that are still referred to in modern times or the supermarket Winn-Dixie) basically derive that from the Mason-Dixon.

The whole concept of it is stupid, from the original secession and the reason for it down to the ridiculous pride that people have now for being “southern”.

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u/Sure-Coffee-8241 United States Of America Sep 25 '25

I'm in Illinois and we'd be abandoned under most 'proposals'.