Date: July 1st, 2024 2:44 PM Author: floppy pale associate dingle berry
Agree. Didnt really think that was the case until this year. “The former United States” will become as common as “The former Soviet Union” in our lifetimes.
Date: July 1st, 2024 2:56 PM Author: bossy filthpig idiot
the hollywood script Id write would go like this:
trump sentenced to prison, is appealing and avoiding surrender until he wins in november
NY keeps insisting their arrest warrant is active and holds him in contempt for failure to surrender
blue states indicate willingness to arrest and remand. "no one is above the law hehe"
Trump stays in FL, hosts inauguration at maralago. Some scotuses come down to swear in, maybe not roberts
Newsom, seeing opportunity in chaos, declares CA will not honor election / inauguration. "This is not secession, it is upholding the constitution against the rogue pretender-president"
blue states follow, Dems in DC appoint some "real president" while Trump is ensconced in FL
Trump giving orders to military at same time DC is giving different orders and no one knows who is in charge
Date: July 1st, 2024 3:03 PM Author: bossy filthpig idiot
there arent any actual state borders in the soil
we all just tacitly agree to pay taxes to this capitol instead of that one
even in the heart of SF there would be people who believe trump is potus
so while newsom speaks "for all californians" etc, everything descends to chaos because there's no more tacit agreement on who is who
but 1000% neither side will self-ID as "seceding". They will both claim its the BAD guys doing that, they are upholding the constitution. "Trump is NOT the president and has DISQUALIFIED himself as an outlaw" etc
Date: July 1st, 2024 3:05 PM Author: dun impressive pocket flask piazza
Libs would keep the Alabama part in the middle for natural resources and agriculture. It’s more a question of what happens in purple states bordering like NV and AZ and VA on the east coast. But CA cons, numbers already depleted after a decade plus of migration out of the state, would be Trail of Pickup Trucks and Tears’d to Utah.
Date: July 1st, 2024 3:05 PM Author: purple soul-stirring liquid oxygen marketing idea
whoever has armed men at the Treasury runs the country, and whoever decides that will not allow all of that to happen, too much money at stake, if you turn off the money printer things go way too wrong, they'll have to pick somebody
Date: July 1st, 2024 4:32 PM Author: dead alcoholic trust fund set
The one who is elected president by electoral college and confirmed by House is president. No one gives a shit what California does and if they try Newsom will back down and fold quicker than Puigdemont in Catalunya.
Date: July 1st, 2024 3:12 PM Author: bossy filthpig idiot
1. thats why my script revolves on some figure like newsom. He's actually not a pussy, he's a deeply demonic individual who would strangle babies, etc. He could see his caesar moment and take it
2. no one below the top guy would ever self-frame as seceding. they are upholding the "real america" and the other guys are seceding. and dems have the narrative-machines (for the most part) to control the microphone. So even as blue states literally secede, the headlines would be about the red states seceding.
3. And again, state borders become meaningless. you could just draw any lines at all
Regarding #3, this means that it'll just be deep blue cities and maybe some of their suburbs that secede. They'll be cut off from resources (in LA's case, fresh water) which they'll then need to go out and fight for.