I get what you're saying, and it only brings up more reasons that our system is as outmoded as it is undemocratic. States are an archaic and arbitrary construct. Even though anyone would agree that one-person-one-vote is a fundamental democratic principle, we don't have that. A Wyoming voter has SEVENTY TIMES more voting power in the Senate than a Californian. States vote on the national issues there, not people. States are no more people than corporations are.

I don't think there'd be much of a problem if we voted across the board, but we don't, so state secession is the only option.

All other avenues are closed within a system designed to not allow democracy, nevermind reform.

How do you get states to abolish themselves?