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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by johnmccainstumor@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

You cannot make a civil war movie and it not be political the British guy who thought California and Texas would ever be allies needs to get fired. IF HE HAD ANY BRAVERY HE WOULD HAVE MADE THE PRESIDENT TRUMP!

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[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

My big problem with these post-apocalypse civil war scenarios is they still try and shoehorn in ideology when that’s likely to play very little part in that scenario especially. For example, these maps always split Utah and Nevada because “Mormons” and “Sin City”… but those two states are tied together in a lot of material ways (economy, interstate migration, etc) and would be much more likely to work together, since the Rockies really are almost like a small ocean.

So in theory, could CA and TX align? Yeah, maybe? But I don’t see any sort of material base for that assumption.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 11 points 8 months ago

Nevada, Arizona, and Utah are also red desert states that rely on the Colorado river. They’d likely unite to fight California and New Mexico in order to invade Colorado to secure their treats and lawns.

[-] Poison_Ivy@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Thats when California activates all its transplants we’ve been sending to all the lesser states and take them all from within.

Nevada is essentially an extension of SoCal at this point

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Lmao I never thought of that. The idea that the Californian exodus is actually some Illegals Program is pretty fucking funny

[-] Poison_Ivy@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Why do you think we sent our most annoying Californians?

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

What role would Mexico and Canada play. Would Puerto Rico attempt independence from Florida? What would Cuba do?

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago
[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

Or Utah/Nevada would have an internal conflict and one of the two ideological forces would prevail over the other and coerce the other to adopt its customs while continuing to utilize the material, economic connection.

I'm fighting for Sin City.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

For example, these maps always split Utah and Nevada because “Mormons” and “Sin City”

This entire premise is false because plenty of Mormons are hypocrites like most right wing Christians in amerikkka

[-] Teapot@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Also, there are a lot of Mormons in Nevada. They're about 6% of the population!

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