• Pratai@lemmy.ca
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    Oh please do! It’ll be an absolute joy to watch the red states bend over backwards trying to execute the mental gymnastics it will take to explain to their loyalist voter base- why they are all bankrupt now.

  • Bwaz@kbin.social
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    Oh, wow. Texas, Missouri, Alabama, etc. become not our problem anymore? Gimme a petition to sign!

    • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee
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      Here's how to do it: 1- grant secession, cutting off all federal money and removing all military equipment.

      2- stage a bombing by the Confederates against the Union

      3- declare war immediately. Have a swift victory

      4-re-absorb the Confederates as US territories with no representation or voting rights and regulate their commerce.

  • AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Go for it. A pretty big portion of the red states can't manage to balance their budgets. It would be funny to see them collapse under the weight of corporate greed and political ineptitude.

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    Those states that consistently take but not contribute to the union, tax wise, should secede.

    Lol, I'd love to see them do that and drop to poverty levels way below that of a South America country.

  • Squirrel_Patrol@lemm.ee
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    Here in Colorado we have some idiots in at least one county who wants to secede from the state and become part of Wyoming. Personally, I would love that because those people have no idea what they're asking for. Wyoming is one of the strictest states when it comes to cannabis, which would become illegal again. You can't have it both ways where you keep your blue state protections and have your red state affiliation.

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    And then blue states can stop funding red states and the red states will crumble even further.

    Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least… can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20140304131138/http://fuckthesouth.com/

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      We really need to do this. Leave them to their own devices and let them reap the results of their politics instead of shielding them.

  • Iwasondigg@lemmy.one
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    The 14th amendment prohibits her from serving in congress. Period. Unequivocally. Are we going to start enforcing laws or not?

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    The only reason I'm not an advocate for this is because this would mean abandoning LGBT people, minorities, and women in red states.

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      My solution: LGBTQIA+ and vulnerable persons Evacuation scheme. They get you on a bus the fuck out of there to somwhere like California or New York or Massachusetts.

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      Why people are favoring secession of states over literal election results? Do you think Texas and Florida or Idaho or whatever is filled with republicans? Have you ever looked up the popular vote on these states?

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    Wouldn't encouraging cession mean MTG is now encouraging active rebellion against the United States? And wouldn't that make her ineligible to hold office under the 14th amendment?

    Let's get that lawsuit roll'in.