Politicians will lock themselves in a windowless room with a supercomputer to perform the political equivalent of microsurgery, all to avoid ever having an honest conversation about statehood. It’s the ultimate act of weakness; they’re too afraid to ask for a divorce, so they just secretly rearrange all the furniture in the house hoping their partner gets frustrated and leaves. Meanwhile, the State of Jefferson has the U-Haul idling in the driveway, and California and Texas are acting like a miserable billionaire couple who’d rather stay together and fight over the yacht than just admit they need separate mansions.