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I think the blue states should cut all the funding they provide for the government.
balkanization of the united states plays right into putin's best interests. how about we just stack conservative bodies until this country stops being so fucking stupid?
It's too late for that. Everyone is finding the exit for the USD as the reserve currency. That loss of soft power alone is seismic.
it's never too late for that
Nope, it is. There is no reason anyone should trust the USD as a reserve currency. Even if Trump is impeached, Vance is impeached, and everyone down the line of succession is impeached until you get someone who isn't MAGA, it's still too late. It'd just be highlighting how unstable the US political system has become. Nobody wants to keep their reserve money in a system like that.
i think you missed my point
Yeah, better to just sit around and do nothing. It's not like it could get worse.
Even just CA would absolutely make an impact.
California secession / Calexit would be beautiful. That is how I know it would never happen, even as rest of the US collapses into Gilead.
there is a petition. Sign it.
Here is the CalExit website. We got 210,000+ signatures through there, probably a bit more through other means. Hopefully Californians would do the right thing and reach the petition's requirement. California should R&D the possibility of secession sooner, rather than have many surprises if later forced into a crisis.
I love it. "Here's a petition to betray the country. Any separatists come forward and put your name on this list."
It will save sooooo much time.
(insert wendys meme here)
since you're too dumb to notice, trump already betrayed the country.
That means it's time to separate the country from Trump.
Far past the time, actually, but it's never a bad time to get started.
My guy, are you familiar with the Declaration of Independence?
Conservatives betrayed the country when they RE-ELECTED a felon rapist traitor to tank our economy, remove our rights, ignore our Constitution, and sow division amongst Americans.
Us blue states are just tired of giving our money to traitor fuck welfare queens.
The whole West Coast should secede, and form an alliance with Canada and Mexico. That would surround about 2/3 of the country with enemy territory, and cut America off from the entire west coast shipping lanes. They could charge America exorbitant tariffs to ship goods through the Rockies.
That would be hilarious. Also reminds me of the civil war.