balkanization when?

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I thought the northwestern secessionists were mostly right wingnuts but I suppose all that blue is accounted for by Californian libs

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'd argue libs in places like CA and NY have the most reason to secede. They get significantly less representation due to nature of the Senate and Electoral College, as well the fact that they contibute more the federal budget proportionally than smaller states.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Southern non-democrats are apparently the ones that want secession the most. They really hate civil rights don't they. I feel like there's a realistic scenario where southern states secede and just form an apartheid state.

    • prismaTK
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      1 year ago

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    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      A lot of Californians are deluded because they live in a huge state with a lot of capital investment and therefore rich people (worlds 8th largest economy dude!!!). They ignore the fact that California exists only because of federal investment - directly in Southern California (aerospace, Navy in SD) and indirectly via all the DoD communications and tech research that made Silicon Valley possible (plus the obvious US influence on Hollywood and the financial industry in SF).

      It's similar to the delusions of Texas Big Boy Cowboys who don't realize they're only relevant because they're part of the American Empire.