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Mass + New York + Canada + Seattle + Oregon + Cali will form the nation of America 2.0. Open borders to all US citizens. The rest of the US can mine coal, frac
by vinhboy 9y ago
Mass + New York + Canada + Seattle + Oregon + Cali will form the nation of America 2.0. Open borders to all US citizens.
The rest of the US can mine coal, frack, or whatever they want to do. They think that's where the jobs are.
Doesn't matter to us. We'll just speed up the electric, self-driving, car revolution with China and continue working on climate change rules and a global economy with Europe.
- sergiotapia 9y agoWho do you think actually puts the food you eat on the table? Will you eat your self-driving cars?
- SamUK96 9y agoNot sure if the parent comment was being serious to be honest. If not, then, well, they are very tragic. A sizeable portion of HN users are technical middle class citizens and seem on the face of it often highly separated from the working class, who they mine the metals for their self-driving car batteries and fold their $12 burrito, and drive their Ubers (for now). Having said that a lot of HN is very modest and objective, so you bad sorts like parent comment and good sorts...like anywhere. /rant
- ebola1717 9y agoCalifornia actually: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2013/07/california_grows_all_of_our_fruits_and_vegetables_what_would_we_eat_without.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2...
- anigbrowl 9y agoCalifornia really is an agricultural powerhouse, and not only in the central valley. Not to be argumentative, but many people's grasp of agricultural economics is a bit suspect. One could equally ask people in the midwest how they expect to import fertilizer and export crops without access to major ports.