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Do you think any other State would allow one of its major sources of income go away like that? I really hope Catalonia makes it.
by fiatjaf 9y ago
Do you think any other State would allow one of its major sources of income go away like that?
I really hope Catalonia makes it.
- rayiner 9y agoI think the US would let California secede.
- skinnymuch 9y agoSorry maybe it's going above my head. Is this sarcasm or there's some context?
- ghaff 9y agoI suspect he’s just saying that if California were to hold a binding referendum to secede, he doesn’t think the Federal government would send in troops to arrest the governor and take over California. I tend to agree although, at this point it’s sufficiently a hypothetical that you would need to know something of the circumstances that made it not a hypothetical to have a good opinion.
- rayiner 9y agoYes, and I think Congress would vote to let California secede.
- skinnymuch 9y agoSo seems like he was more than that with saying congress would vote to have them secede. I don't think the US would send troops of course but they wouldn't just let California secede either. As far as I know precedent says it's illegal to secede in the first place.
- ghaff 9y agoOf course, the default is that no one can secede. There was an unpleasantness in the 1860s over that. But ultimately, if a geographical region won’t do what you want it to do, the alternative is to use force. For example, the Federal government used force to enforce voting rights in the 1960s. If asking nicely, threats, and sanctions don’t work, troops are mostly what you have left.