• HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Non-zero? How about 100%? Every single person I’ve ever spoken with about this idea in my life has been on board. I bet 85-90% of the public would support it if the facts could be communicated to them without interference (so, never)

    Cascadia would be insanely powerful and competitive on the world stage, probably a superpower.

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      18 hours ago

      Just remember that the Union already set a precedent of burning seceding states to the ground. The US would 100% do it again.

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        11 hours ago

        Don’t care what they would do… we all need to stop caring and move forward without them. Let them shit in the pool if they want to, we’ll make them eat it when we’re done.

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      1 day ago

      The immediate problem would be that Idaho, eastern OR and eastern WA are very very seriously trying to do the whole Greater Idaho thing, and are basically chalk full of armed white supremacist theocrat bigots.

      So… yeah.

      I guess the ‘good’ news is that western WA has JBLM and a lot of Navy bases, and maybe enough of them would align with Cascadia … ?

      The bad news is the Holy State of Greater Idaho would probably be able to dash and seize Hanford, and then be able to make dirty nuclear bombs.

      But anyway…

      Throw in Hawaii and then Cascadia and Japan and SK can form a trading bloc, and theoretically be able to back that up with maybe a little bit of the formerly US Navy?

      Total spitballing here.

      Alaska sure would be completely fucked.

      Airline fuel is pretty expensive these days… for some reason… Didn’t BC/Yukon already basically say ‘fuck you’ to US truckers going between Alaksa and the 48, or I am not remembering that right?

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        20 hours ago

        It takes 34 states to declare constitutional convention. Once it starts, no rules. If one of the agenda items include redrawing state lines for more unity, can give more power to groups/states to join separate unions that advance their values.

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          18 hours ago

          Dems currently control only 18 State Legislatures.

          Best case scenario… (imo):

          Dems gain Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Virgina.

          So thats 27.

          So… you’d then have to get 5 Rep State Legislatures on board with this.

          Which might (?) be possible, there’s still a fair deal of ‘National Divorce’ sentiment on the right generally.

          … and then, all hell would break loose.

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        1 day ago

        I think there was some kind of levy they had to pay, but definitely not a complete ban. I don’t think it stuck.