General Discussion

But let’s just hypothesize a way to separate in a way that could be done peacefully. Maybe a graduated partition rather than a succession would be better.

Slowly create two separate versions of the US composed of ideologically differentiated states. The military and arms would be divided into 3 with one third going to blue states, another 3rd to red states, and a final third sent to an united armed forces to simply maintain the peace between red and blue until completely separated.

For the first let’s say 20 years (long enough for anyone born in a state to reach adulthood and decide to move out of said state) we will continue with Birthright citizenship and all people born during this period being citizens of both red and blue USA with the right to move between any state they want at will. During this time each region can decide its own economic policy but all civil fights will be preserved as they are currently. Afterwards, each area can decide their citizenship criteria and automatic citizenship to both countries ends. Five or so years after the 20 years of dual citizenship the peace keeping army will be dissolved with all assets divided between red and blue. Both areas can also amend their constitutions however they want and dual citizenship ends at this point.

We would then be two separate countries and hopefully with a peaceful separation.

That said, I still fear the red country would quickly turn into a fascist dictatorship and would attack the Blue in lust for empire following the peace keeping forces dissolution. At that time we would have a second civil war.