, I started to wonder—what would it be like if Tennessee became its own country?
We'd lose all our military stuff. People from Fort Campbell wouldn't live and shop in our communities anymore, and anything related to the military would immediately get yanked. We're landlocked, so the U.S. could make it very difficult for us to trade with people. Yes, we could wreak havoc on U.S. commerce on the Mississippi, and on the electric grid. But it seems like they could come up with ways around that.
Food would get much more expensive, as we could not grow enough food locally to feed us all, especially once conservative Christians got more power and outlawed birth control and abortion.
Sports would suck, as we'd have no opponents to play and we'd be stuck recruiting in-country.
Presumably, we'd still have country music and religious paraphernalia to export, but, when tourists were faced with coming to our fair country vs. just standing in Kentucky and peering over the wall and laughing at us, I'd have to think they'd choose Kentucky.
Really, about the only benefit I can think of to seceding is that there'd be plenty of jobs, because we'd have to hire a shit-ton of guards to stand at the borders and make sure Tennesseans don't try to escape.
