I think the smart ones know that seccession would be doomed to fail because all they really have in red states is dumbshits and some farms and maybe a little oil. This is why they want an armed takeover of all the smart blue areas where most of the money is made. Look for it in 2025.
On the flip side of all of this, how does this effect voter turnout? When you lose millions of people to covid, brain drain, gunshots and poor health choices, what's left? When do these places get so hollowed out they become irrelavent?