Should states/regions etc. have a right to secede from their nation-states?

[Leinad]

As long as the majority of people in that state/region/etc. support it, then of course!

Why does government have an inherent right to keep people bonded to their rule regardless of what they decide to do? The only argument for it is so that government's can retain their power (something they absolutely love to do).

[Leinad]

No.

The Union Forever.

For one thing, this is a general question, not one of the US.

For another thing, why?

What if the US government turned sour and almost all of a state--let's say, Connecticut--wanted to leave? Why couldn't they leave? What gives the federal government the right to keep people under their rule against their will?