Here is one prediction I got absolutely right: the real action in this election is taking place on the losing side, which rejects the legitimacy of the winner and is laying the groundwork for California's secession. This is a good thing.
I've been an advocate of secession for a long time, as it represents the natural right of one people to sever its political ties to another. Secession is how the United States was born out of Great Britain, and it's even how the Constitution was born out of the Articles of Confederation. Yes, Abraham Lincoln unleashed an illegal and terrible genocide to prevent secession, but denying the exercise of a right does nothing to disprove the right's existence. I might as well wrap duct tape around someone's mouth and proclaim that it disproves his right of free speech.
Secession also serves another important purpose: it increases the number of states on the world stage, which decreases any single state's power and enhances human liberty through international competition. Tyrants call this a "race to the bottom," which means that they can no longer tax, spend, regulate, and murder so easily.
So, if Californians want out, let them have it. Since they want to be governed like Cuba, there's no reason to prevent them from slitting their own throats. Just be sure to build an impregnable wall to stop them from seeking refuge in our country to escape their own mess, which is already a problem as refugees from failed states (within and without the United States) always carry their regressive mindsets with them and latch onto a new host to repeat their destructive, parasitic behavior.
On the other hand, if California lacks the chutzpah to leave the Union, then by all means let's fix it by expelling all illegals and finally terminating birthright citizenship, which is already unconstitutional anyway and doesn't require a new amendment.
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