• mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 days ago

    Could really see Newsom becoming president of the future New California Republic. Not saying I like that future. But I am starting to see it how it could come to pass

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      10 days ago

      It wouldn’t be the New California Republic, the current state government is the California Republic. The Republic was more or less established after annexation.

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      9 days ago

      The south was burned to the ground when they tried to secede. Enough of the country hates California that it probably would happen again if they tried. And the 35% of Republicans in the state would probably help.

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        9 days ago

        Perhaps. California has loads of money and access to lots of technological infrastructure. They could potentially seize tech companies’ operations and deprive the rest of the country of things like their Gmail, YT access, operating systems, etc. GDP is very translatable to power imo.