This is one of the stupidest things ever published on WaitButWhy. The Civil War killed more Americans (~750k) than WWI and WWII combined. Think of it as SouthE

This is one of the stupidest things ever published on WaitButWhy. The Civil War killed more Americans (~750k) than WWI and WWII combined. Think of it as SouthExit. There are powerful forces binding this union together, and they will not allow a gentle transition to an independent California. So any one who wants Calexit, wants war, and war is really, really stupid. I'm baffled by the irresponsibility of this discussion. This isn't like moving out of your parents' basement because they told you to stop smoking weed. Let's just remember, when we compare Calexit to Brexit, that Britain was and is a sovereign nation, and at no point in its history did it cease to be so. Stupid as Brexit was, the UK's right to leave the EU was enshrined in the articles of the EU. California is not Great Britain. The analogy does not hold. Calexit is sponsored by Russia. "Yes California" is run by a guy based in Yekaterinburg.[0] What should this tell us? The enemies of the US want California to secede. Separatists are playing into their hands. Russia sabotaged the US presidential election, and now it is trying to break up the continental 48. That would lead to a weakened and divided country, much more so than it is today. Secession would also lead to a more fragmented North America, indecisive as Europe. There is no such thing as a clean slate. Calexit does nto present us with that opportunity. History is a nightmare from which we cannot escape, as Joyce said. The WBW author is basically saying he wants California to exit to speed the advance of technology so he can become immortal. Why should we care about his immortality? And why should we believe that Calexit would accelerate technological development? He gave zero substantive argument that Calexit would have an affect on tech. Just remember, every state in the US benefits from its close relationship with all the other states. There are huge positive externalities to union and the free movement of goods, people and capital. All of that ends with Calexit. Anyone who see a carefree paradise in separatism is living in a fantasy world. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/yes-california-calexit-marinelli-russia.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/yes-california-calexit...