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In reply to the discussion: California and New York [View all]jg10003
(1,058 posts)Biden will win the popular and electoral vote in 2024. However the GOP will use its control of state legislatures and congress to overturn the Electoral College and steal the election, thereby achieving their long-term goal of minority rule.
Shortly thereafter, many people in California will say; we have over 10 percent of the population and economy bigger than that of France or England. But we're still taking orders from a bunch of old, white rednecks who think the earth is 6,000 years old. A pro-independence referendum will pass and California will declare itself an independent nation, but there won't be a war. California will simply cease to participate in the federal government. Californians will be told that they do not have to pay federal income tax or obey federal laws, only California laws will be enforced. Federal employees can sit in their office and not be bothered, but any action they take will be simply ignored by the people and California government.
There is precedent for this type of passive non-cooperation. When Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana, it did so despite federal law prohibiting it. When the federal government was faced with the choice of either enforcing federal law or simply accepting Colorados decision, it chose the latter. The federal government could not prosecute the entire state of Colorado, and it certainly cannot prosecute the 40 million people in California.
Following Californias success New York and New England will join together and declare the northeast to be independent.
The south will happily agree to the succession of California and the northeast since they will now be rid of those godless coastal liberal elites. The south will then be able to establish what they have always wanted; a theocracy where all laws are based on extreme Christian fundamentalism, a Baptist Taliban.
The other states will align themselves according to their interests. The final result will be something like the following map.
