How am I advocating an elitist monarchy?  My point was that states that voted Trump are the states that have the highest dependency on federal tax money and are net deficit states when it comes to taxes paid into the feds vs benefits received from the feds.  It is the blue states that generate far more tax revenue for the federal government than they receive back in benefits. 

I'm not talking about self sufficiency on a personal basis.  I'm talking about self sufficiency on a State government basis.  I live in Montana and this state is a federal taker and yes, I know how to grow my own corn, milk a cow, slaughter deer and elk, raise beef, and harvest wheat.....and how to drive a Jeep.