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Perhaps California's exit from the union will hep YC re-establish its moral integrty. Sam Altman, you wanted to radically change the word (in a positive way)? W

Perhaps California's exit from the union will hep YC re-establish its moral integrty. Sam Altman, you wanted to radically change the word (in a positive way)? Well now is your chance!

charia 10y ago
Is this satire?
- Guzba 10y ago
  I hope so.
  - labster 10y ago
    Nope. http://www.yescalifornia.org http://www.yescalifornia.org Calexit is a thing.
    - bpicolo 10y ago
      A "thing".
- the_decider 10y ago
  No. Its a legitimate idea currently making the headway in our community. And if you think its ridiculous, let me ask you...Is the notion of a seperatist, intelligently run Californian sovereign state any less ridiculous than the notion of a Trump Presidency two years ago? We've always been a community of disruptors...well, now's our opportunity to really distrupt.https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/calexit-is-silicon-valleys-plan-to-pack-up-its-toys-and-leave/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/calexit-is-silicon-valleys...
  - 67726e 10y ago
    Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina. Let us know how your secession plans work out.
  - throwaway7362 10y ago
    Because California is so intelligently run now?
  - Turing_Machine 10y ago
    Where are you planning to get your water?
    - zaroth 10y ago
      NAFTA, obviously.
    - the_decider 10y ago
      The Water issues can be resolved using technologies developed / enhanced by Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/1.698275 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/1.698275
      - Turing_Machine 10y ago
        Maybe. I would strongly advise resolving those issues before seceding. I would also advise considering what would happen if the Central Valley (and other rural regions of the state) didn't want to join the new entity.
- brooklyndude 10y ago
  Would seem to me Texas would be ready to go. Trump or no Trump.
umanwizard 10y ago
It might be the morally correct choice (I reserve judgment on that) for California to secede from the US, but it's certainly not a good idea pragmatically. Trump doesn't really have any consistent ideology about most things, but the one thing he never wavers on is his commitment to protectionist trade policy. If California seceded from the US to spite Trump, Trump will do everything in his power to block commerce between California and the United States. California's economy will tank, and all the tech companies there will be practically worthless.
- the_decider 10y ago
  California has access to all the West Coast trade-ports between the US and China. With these ports in place, we don't need to rust-belt states to ship-in goods. An our economy is centered information technology and entertainment, so we don't really need to worry about reduction of economically viable exported goods (all farmed and manufactured products will be consumed internally, thus bolstering that aspect of the California economy).
  - umanwizard 10y ago
    Commerce isn't as simple as importing and exporting physical goods. Broad sanctions could, for example, prevent American companies from spending money on ads with Google, or American engineers from moving to California to work for them.
- dirktheman 10y ago
  Also it wouldn't be morally correct, because California isn't a singular Democrat state. The coastal districts are Democrat, everything else votes Republican. Cecession would create exactly the same problem in California as we have right now: a massive rift between two parties.
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Perhaps California's exit from the union will hep YC re-establish its moral integrty. Sam Altman, you wanted to radically change the word (in a positive way)? Well now is your chance!

charia 10y ago

Is this satire?

Guzba 10y ago
I hope so.
- labster 10y ago
  Nope. http://www.yescalifornia.org http://www.yescalifornia.org Calexit is a thing.
  - bpicolo 10y ago
    A "thing".
the_decider 10y ago
No. Its a legitimate idea currently making the headway in our community. And if you think its ridiculous, let me ask you...Is the notion of a seperatist, intelligently run Californian sovereign state any less ridiculous than the notion of a Trump Presidency two years ago? We've always been a community of disruptors...well, now's our opportunity to really distrupt.https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/calexit-is-silicon-valleys-plan-to-pack-up-its-toys-and-leave/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/calexit-is-silicon-valleys...
- 67726e 10y ago
  Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina. Let us know how your secession plans work out.
- throwaway7362 10y ago
  Because California is so intelligently run now?
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  Where are you planning to get your water?
  - zaroth 10y ago
    NAFTA, obviously.
  - the_decider 10y ago
    The Water issues can be resolved using technologies developed / enhanced by Israel. http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/1.698275 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/science/1.698275
    - Turing_Machine 10y ago
      Maybe. I would strongly advise resolving those issues before seceding. I would also advise considering what would happen if the Central Valley (and other rural regions of the state) didn't want to join the new entity.
brooklyndude 10y ago
Would seem to me Texas would be ready to go. Trump or no Trump.

umanwizard 10y ago

It might be the morally correct choice (I reserve judgment on that) for California to secede from the US, but it's certainly not a good idea pragmatically. Trump doesn't really have any consistent ideology about most things, but the one thing he never wavers on is his commitment to protectionist trade policy. If California seceded from the US to spite Trump, Trump will do everything in his power to block commerce between California and the United States. California's economy will tank, and all the tech companies there will be practically worthless.

the_decider 10y ago
California has access to all the West Coast trade-ports between the US and China. With these ports in place, we don't need to rust-belt states to ship-in goods. An our economy is centered information technology and entertainment, so we don't really need to worry about reduction of economically viable exported goods (all farmed and manufactured products will be consumed internally, thus bolstering that aspect of the California economy).
- umanwizard 10y ago
  Commerce isn't as simple as importing and exporting physical goods. Broad sanctions could, for example, prevent American companies from spending money on ads with Google, or American engineers from moving to California to work for them.
dirktheman 10y ago
Also it wouldn't be morally correct, because California isn't a singular Democrat state. The coastal districts are Democrat, everything else votes Republican. Cecession would create exactly the same problem in California as we have right now: a massive rift between two parties.

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