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[โ€“] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

yeah if we figure out a way to not starve

[โ€“] twice_hatch@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. Horse nomads for Pritzker

[โ€“] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Rest of the states would need to agree sadly, and that's not happening.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wouldn't Texas be at the top of the list of states most likely to exit?

[โ€“] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Iโ€™d much rather California split into 12 different states, each with roughly the population of Nevada.

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[โ€“] EmbarrassedBenefit3@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Only if there's a legal way to do it, which is at this point, a constitutional amendment. The civil war made it clear secession is not an option.

[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Shit's gonna look like the Holy Roman Empire a decade from now...

[โ€“] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

CA should be split into two.

[โ€“] qt0x40490FDB@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 weeks ago

No. There is no mechanism to allow this. The union is perpetual, and cannot be brought to an end. A state can no more leave than US than a city or a house.

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