Progressives want to control everyone they disagree with, it is the very essence of who they are.
Rural America mostly want to keep to themselves, I want zero say on what urban America does with urban America....
You say you want no say. Okay, let's give it to you. You also get no say as well. Let's take a look at your day to day life and you are not going to use anything meant for the Urban America. Sounds good and you have my blessing. I have lived that way in the past. You aren't old enough to remember it.
Your floor is either dirt of rough hewn lumber
You have to make your own kerosene or something to read with
You heat your house (yes I know it gets damned cold where you are) with a wood stove unless you found a coal deposit.
You will use wood to cook with or coal from the deposit if you are lucky enough to find one
You are going to have to have a large garden and a root cellar that you dug by hand
Sorry, no Guns since even the powder and shot will be done in an Urban Area
No Gas for your Car. And no Car either. No Pickup Truck. But you can have a horse or two or three
You are going to have to plant and harvest flax for clothing
No Roads unless you make it yourself.
No Electricity unless you use nature to make it
And I am just getting started
Do you see what is happening? You depend on Urban America as much as Urban America depends on Rural America. Urban America depends on Rural America for Food, Clothing and more. But for manufactured goods, Rural America depends on Urban America in order to produce enough goods to supply the needs of all. You can't separate the two. They are linked.