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Conservatives are trying to make secession a thing again. Last week in Louisiana, the state’s Supreme Court paved the way for a largely white enclave within Baton Rouge to break off and form its own city, which will be named St. George. The push to cleave off this part of Baton Rouge from its less affluent and more diverse surrounding areas has been years in the making.
Opponents are asking the state Supreme Court for another hearing on the matter. St. George proponents previously have floated ideas such as eliminating Baton Rouge’s public transit system to provide money for subsidizing Uber and Lyft drivers. In other words, this new city appears to fit squarely within conservatives’ agenda of privatization and public divestment. And secession plans like these seem to have increased in recent decades.
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