there4eyeM
unlicensed metaphysician
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Secession was made explicitly illegal after the Civil War. The 'Union' was 'Permanent', so it was implicitly illegal to try to unilaterally leave, as people knew at the time. Leaving would require approval by other states or a change to the Constitution, which was a continuation of the 'Union' formed under the Articles of Confederation.Possibly, but I think monarchism, which has a long history in both Europe and Asia, had a greater influence on both European and Asian ideas of government whereas in America, our ancestors fled those ideas...mostly for religious reasons, but fled nonetheless.I think the fact that Europeans grew up under feudalism.....and the different "castes" in their society affected how they percieve authority.....that is also why they see centralized government more favorably than Americans do.
FWIW, some were kicked out of their own country as dissidents and banished to the colonies.