This accurately sums up my thoughts on sucession:
From the article found here: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11/22/273876/secessionism-new-world-order/

"Every rational attempt to lead humanity out of the current crisis involves fighting back against Wall Street, the City of London, the Bank for International Settlements, the IMF, NATO, and related institutions. Secessionism does nothing to curb these institutions, and instead abandons any ideological or agitational struggle against them. It helps the empire by weakening the nations. It ignores the fact, long recognized by US supporters of states’ rights, that smaller entities are easier for oligarchs to control than larger entities, because in larger entities the conflicting interests of oligarchical factions tend to cancel each other out, giving the people a greater chance.

There is nothing revolutionary about calls for secession. Instead, they are a reactionary ploy."