Why is a Republican calling for division of USA? Srila Prabhupada's perspective

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a "national divorce," proposing the division of the United States into separate nations based on partisan lines, specifically splitting red Republican states and blue Democratic states. She argues that this separation is necessary due to extreme political and cultural divisiveness, referencing "woke culture" and policies from Democrats that she opposes. Greene views the current state of the nation as irreparably divided and unsafe, and she desires a peaceful split to distance herself and others from those on the political left. This idea has resurfaced recently following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which Greene cited as further evidence that the nation is beyond repair. Her call for a national divorce entails shrinking federal government power and separating the country according to political affiliation.

In terms of GDP breakdown by party control of states in 2025:

• Democratic-controlled states tend to dominate in terms of overall economic size and GDP. These states include major economies like California, New York, Massachusetts, Washington, and Maryland, which are often ranked as the top state economies due to strong tech sectors, finance, and innovation hubs.
• Republican-controlled states tend to have smaller average GDPs overall but represent a significant portion of the country's landmass and population, especially in the South, Midwest, and Mountain West. Their economies are often more reliant on agriculture, energy, and manufacturing.
• According to a WalletHub analysis from 2024, Democratic-run states predominantly occupy the top positions on best state economies lists based on GDP growth, unemployment, start-up activity, and jobs in high-tech sectors.
• An analysis by Brookings in 2025 confirms that counties voting Democratic tend to generate a majority share of national GDP, especially from large urban areas, while Republican-voting counties contribute a smaller share, predominantly from rural and small-town areas.
• Over recent decades, Democratic-controlled states have generally outperformed Republican-controlled states economically on many metrics, including GDP per capita and innovation potential, although Republican states can have competitive unemployment rates and other specific strengths.
• State GDP data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) as of Q1 2025 shows California alone has a GDP exceeding $3.9 trillion, New York around $2 trillion, and Texas (Republican-led) about $2 trillion.
• .Republican states currently contribute about $8+ trillion to the US GDP, including economic powerhouses like Texas and Florida. These states have growing economies, often boosted by business-friendly policies, right-to-work laws, and energy production.
• Texas alone has a GDP around $2.4 trillion (2022), ranking third nationally, with strong job and income growth.
• Several red states rank among the top performers in job growth, personal income growth, and GDP expansion.
• However, these Republican states combined still contribute less than Democratic-controlled states, which collectively exceed $12 trillion in GDP.
• While Republican states have robust economies relative to many countries, the loss of large metropolitan, financial, and tech hubs concentrated in blue states would diminish overall global economic influence.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's "national divorce" proposal advocates dividing the United States into separate countries based on political lines—red states (Republican/conservative) and blue states (Democrat/liberal). Key points of her proposal include:

• Red states becoming independent with full control over education, trade, communication, energy policies, and law enforcement, while federal oversight would be significantly reduced.
• Red states allowing policies such as prayer in schools, requiring students to stand for the national anthem, and rejecting what Greene calls "woke" ideology found in blue states.
• Red states would reject climate policies they deem harmful and would have freedom to develop fossil fuels.
• Law enforcement in red states would be fully supported and respected, in contrast to what Greene views as poor treatment in liberal states.
• States could limit voting rights, for example, by potentially barring Democratic voters moving from blue states from voting in red states for up to five years.
• The overall idea is framed as a peaceful separation, not a civil war, motivated by deep ideological and cultural differences and a desire to shrink federal government power.

Spiritual perspective:

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada offered insightful reflections on the breaking of countries and national divisions, emphasizing the root cause as a lack of a true spiritual center. He pointed out that instead of uniting nations, more and more flags are appearing, symbolizing increasing divisions. He gave examples like India splitting into Pakistan and potentially more divisions in the future. Prabhupada identified this fragmentation as arising because people fail to recognize Krishna (God) as the central unifying principle.

Srila Prabhupada said "Just like they have now created the United Nations: "My dear all-nations, please do not fight. Let us make a permanent settlement, peace." But the result is the fighting is going on. It cannot be stopped. Here... This is not a sanātana place. This is impermanent, temporary, bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate (BG 8.19). This is the nature of this material world. Something is generated at a certain date and it stays for some time, it grows, it gives some by-products, then again dwindles, and then it vanishes. Just like this body. This body is given by the father and mother at a certain date. Then it stays, say, for some time. It grows. Then it gives some by-products. From this body, there will be so many children."

"So however we may want, however we may try in the United Nations organization that there will be no war, oh, it will take. It will take place. And already taking place. The war is going on. You cannot stop it. Therefore it is called bhava-mahā-dāvāgni. Just like in the forest nobody goes to set fire—it automatically takes place—similarly, in spite of our good wish that we want to live peacefully in this world, there cannot be any peace."

"For the last twenty years the United Nations are trying to unite, but the result is we are disunited. Instead of making one flag, the flags are increasing every year. "This is Pakistan, this is Hindustan, this is this, this is that, this is..." They are not united. How they can be united? They cannot be united because prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ (BG 3.27), everyone is under the control of the material nature, full control. So, so long we are in the material world, controlled by the external material energy, there is no possibility of unity. That is not possible."

He taught that true unity can only arise when people see Krishna as the center of existence, transcending all social, national, and international conflicts. Without this spiritual center, conflicts multiply not only between individuals but also between nations. He argued that "instead of becoming united we are becoming disunited, because we are missing the center."

Prabhupada also used a metaphor from Aesop's fables about a bundle of sticks that can't be broken when together but easily break when separated. This symbolized the strength in unity: if people remain together with Bhagavan Krishna as the focus, they are strong; if divided, they become weak.

The "every home a flag," Prabhupada's viewpoint can be interpreted as a caution that multiplying separate identities and divisions (like many flags) without a true spiritual foundation leads to fragmentation, discord, and weakness. His emphasis was that unity needs a higher foundation than just national or social distinctions—it requires spiritual unity centered on Krishna consciousness.

Artificially you have opened this United Nation, but your conception is, "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim." So how it can be, there can be unity? It is not possible. That is not brahma-bhūtaḥ stage. That is prakṛta stage, identifying with this body. So long you identify with this body when you are in the material conception of life, there is no question of spiritual understanding, there is no question of joyfulness, there is no question of freedom from lamentation and hankering and there is no question of equality. It is all false show