• bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    There is no way in hell a state would be allowed to secede as long as the federal government stands. Even ignoring the economic and geopolitical consequences, that precedent cannot be allowed to be set if the US is to remain a functioning nation.

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      1 year ago

      Also, no Republican has won the Presidency without winning Florida since Calvin Coolidge did a hundred years ago.

      So the GOP won’t be allowing Florida to secede so long as the Electoral College exists.

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      1 year ago

      You’re assuming they’ll do it alone and not as part of a coalition that controls large swaths of the American interior. A federation doesn’t mean shit if half the parties involved walk out.