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To: central_va

If this far-fetched idea ever came to be, who is to say the rest of the nation would let the entire state go? Sure, economic hubs like LA, SF, and Silicon Valley would go as they are the most left wing areas of the state. And that would provide the breakaway state a strong base for its economy.

But much or most of inland California is red. Why, in this highly unlikely scenario of secession actually happening, would the rest of the union allow the coastal secessionists to have the whole state? If it’s about divergent values, then those red counties (with significant agricultural and mineral wealth) may wish to remain in the union, and the union might insist that they be allowed to do so.


30 posted on 02/01/2017 11:37:26 AM PST by Aetius
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To: Aetius

It is not up to the rest of the states to say this county or that county is good or bad whatever. The ENTIRE state is the autonomous entity as described AND RECOGNIZED in the US Constitution. If the state votes to secede then the whole thing becomes a country. If internally there is another separatist movement then that is California’s issue to deal with. California can Balkanize AFTER it becomes a separate country.


32 posted on 02/01/2017 11:59:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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