The bill is a step forward for the Greater Idaho movement, which says rural Oregon is more similar politically, culturally, and economically to Idaho.

"The Greater Idaho movement" :data-laughing:

Mike McCarter, center, has galvanized a coalition of 8 counties to secede from Oregon, moving into Idaho, where they would find more amenable politics.Courtesy of Greater Idaho, greateridaho.org.

The Greater Idaho movement seeks to redraw state boundaries so rural Oregon can join Idaho.

Idaho's House voted in favor of exploring the move after 11 Oregon counties did the same.

Moving the state boundary would require the approval of Oregon, Idaho, and the U.S. Congress.

The Greater Idaho movement — a conservative effort to have eastern Oregon secede from the blue state and join Idaho — got a major nod of support last week from lawmakers in the red state.

  • piaoliang [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Same with northern California. They get treated like shit by Sacremento and if you're not in LA or SF you might as well not exist. There's a secession movement there, too, but I haven't been keeping track of it.

    • pumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      most of the red counties in california (much like the red states) get much more back from Sacramento than they put in, they just can't seem to understand why a county of 8,000 people shouldn't get as much money as a county of 9.8 million and they're still butthurt that california did away with the incredibly undemocratic state senate apportionment (apportioned by county) in the 1960s to something more democratic (population-based).

      • CarmineCatboy [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        uhh sweaty because this is a republic and not a democracy?? why should sacramento have any say on the counties it pays for if it isn't a mom and pop landlord company?

    • regul [any]
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      2 years ago

      "get treated like shit" are told they can't dam all the rivers or cut down all the forests

      • pumpchilienthusiast [comrade/them, any]
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        2 years ago

        Also, they are told that maybe they should begin to think about reconsidering building (or rebuilding) subdivisions in bone-dry forests full of fuel, but if you really want to thats's fine we'll keep subsidizing you

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Personal property rights need to be abolished so we can force all these people in to denser, more sustainable cities. Half the reason it's impossible to do anything in this country is that every asshole with a deed can hold up infrastructure projects for years with lawsuits if it crosses their land. Unless they're black, of course, in which case all the institutional barriers will be waived to put the highway through.