• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    29 days ago

    This throws under the bus the many many non republicans in places gerrymandered such that the minority can continue it’s rule. My life would probably get better, but only at their expense as more and more solvent states leave the union. I’m not willing to ‘punish’ those people for the crime of being born in a impossibly corrupt district.

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    29 days ago

    Absolutely. Not because I think it would necessarily be better off, but because I don’t want us to contribute to the empire and the loss of our economy would devastate the US.

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      29 days ago

      plus there is the bonus of schadenfreunde, since they always want to balkanize countries that happen to stand in their path.

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    Yes. In fact, I’ve decided to take a leap of faith and join the California National Party, which you can all check out here: CNP website. I am sick of the usual Republicans vs Democrats. Everytime one party is in power, we are constantly worrying about the loss of civil and human rights. Lets start with a clean slate. If you are a California resident, at least check out their party platform. Also, in 2026, there will be a gubernatorial candidate for CNP. His name is Sean Forbes.

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    Wouldn’t work out. World’s too complicated for simple answers like that.

    Leaving, even if it would produce a viable nation, would involve leaving a lot of people in the lurch. There’s people in conservative states who need the counter balance of blue states to slow down their government’s trend to self destruction and fascism.

    Even though it’s increasingly frustrating with how feeble that resistance is, it does keep things like banning gay marriage in the “difficult to pass” territory and not the “a few compromises” one.

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    Coloradan. Only if a neighboring State does, because if not, we are neighboring other borders and we would be landlocked without food or water imports. Its either all Pacific and Front Range States agree we have to split, or none of us can.

    Our most populous cities, Denver and CO Springs, are below the mountains, and are screwed in a combat scenario.

    I don’t see Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, or Kansas doing so willingly.

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    No, not really. While I am not white, I am American through and through. I don’t really prefer to be something else. I just think we should fix what we can. Preferably while we can.

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    No. We’d be overrun by federal troops and decimated within a week. If we could secede peacefully? We (Wisconsin) would probably need an alliance with Minnesota and Michigan to survive.

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    No, because it would lead to civil war. Do I wish it could happen? Yes. But is it realistic? No.

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      Ah, but Trump does not have the balls, brains, or moral integrity of Abraham Lincoln.

      So, we got that going for us.