US question: Would you approve of your state seceding from the Union, declaring independence from the United States? I think California, Oregon, and Washington would, and probably Colorado too. (lemmy.world)

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[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 1 points 1 week ago

I think it’s a pipe dream but I would absolutely love it if we (in California) left the US. I’m tired of paying insanely high federal taxes so loser states like Louisiana can take it all and not govern. Fuck that.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

NY. Yes. Very much so. MAGA is a metastisized cancer, the only way to survive is to cut it off. Let the red states fester in their own stench and divert any money that would've gone to the federal government to instead fund getting refugees out. Ideally other states would follow and form some form of union or an alliance with Canada.

The US is a failed experiment. It's way too big for itself. There is no way someone can represent a random farmer in Idaho and a NYC socialite at the same time.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 1 week ago

I've thought that it would work better more like the EU. Ola body overseeing some more basic concepts while each individual completely governs themselves. Maybe that was the original idea, it's been so lost though.

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