• Filthmontane@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    California produces 10% of American agricultural needs. If they secede it would be way worse on the economy than these tariffs.

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      12 hours ago

      I think if California were to secede, Oregon and Washington probably would too. A lot of blue states that border Canada would also probably Jump ship. New York and Michigan might secede too. Those 5 states make up almost 30% of America’s economy and are the center of very lucrative industries like the movie industry, automotive industry, electronics and software industries, the global financial industry. Those 5 states would do just fine without the United States but the United states would be an unimportant backwater without them.

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      12 hours ago

      I’m genuinely curious on how realistic this is… I can’t imagine it’s a simple process, but like what would need to happen for California to become it’s own country?

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        To do so legally, Constitutional Convention. 2/3 of states would have to agree to let it go. And everyone would have to hammer out what happens to federal assets inside the state.

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        There is basically zero chance they successfully secede. There is however a slightly above zero chance they seriously try.

        California trying to secede would be stupid enough to make Trump look like a top mensa candidate.

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        10 hours ago

        At the moment, California is taking signatures for studying a “CALexit” plan. It is about 500,000 signatures by July for a successful petition. After that, California starts to study the costs, opportunities, logistics, and other aspects of leaving the union.