Can any Californians explain how feasible this is? As a Scotsman I've seen first hand how quickly an independence movement can grow, especially with an unpopular government.
I'm not from Cali, but I've read about the whole issue and here's what I feel.
1. They (the Calexit people) will let the U.S keep existing government infrastructure (military bases, etc.), but want them to pay for it. I don't know how they plan to enforce this.
2. As far as I'm aware congress decides in the end, and I don't think that it will pass even if the democrats take control in a couple years. California is a huge part of the U.S. economy and I'm not sure what leaving would / could do.
It could be my bias against it, but after reading the Yes California Bluebook, they seem to be a bunch of hipsters on the train of blaming the worlds issues on the U.S.
> As far as I'm aware congress decides in the end, and I don't think that it will pass even if the democrats take control in a couple years.
Considering nothing else, there is a fairly good electoral argument for the Republicans to allow it to happen. Removing 55 electoral votes and 2 Senators would be a significant blow for the DNC.
There are a lot of serious arguments not to let it happen, but if it really got to a vote in the Senate, party lines would probably not be the big issue.
Well, we fought a devastating war over the same issue in the 1860s, and "remain" won. So, if it went that far, "how many divisions does California have?"
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 4.4 ms ] thread1. They (the Calexit people) will let the U.S keep existing government infrastructure (military bases, etc.), but want them to pay for it. I don't know how they plan to enforce this.
2. As far as I'm aware congress decides in the end, and I don't think that it will pass even if the democrats take control in a couple years. California is a huge part of the U.S. economy and I'm not sure what leaving would / could do.
It could be my bias against it, but after reading the Yes California Bluebook, they seem to be a bunch of hipsters on the train of blaming the worlds issues on the U.S.
Considering nothing else, there is a fairly good electoral argument for the Republicans to allow it to happen. Removing 55 electoral votes and 2 Senators would be a significant blow for the DNC.
There are a lot of serious arguments not to let it happen, but if it really got to a vote in the Senate, party lines would probably not be the big issue.