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Blue states combined are the second largest economy in the world, just ahead of China (3rd) but behind the US in totality. California alone is the fourth larges

Blue states combined are the second largest economy in the world, just ahead of China (3rd) but behind the US in totality. California alone is the fourth largest economy. Their economy would be worth about ~$15T. Combining resources is simply good policy imho.

petcat 9mo ago
It will be interesting to see exactly where Texas decides to come down if there really was a split in the US. I have to imagine they would want to follow the rich blue states rather than be stuck footing the bill for Arkansas and Mississippi. I guess they probably just try to become their own country, like they already did once anyway.
- rawgabbit 9mo ago
  Texas is red (rural and suburban) with big dots of blue (urban). If worse comes to worst, Texans will be fighting ourselves first.
  - kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
    Texas was Democratic 35 years ago. They also gain 100k Californians each year so becoming more and more purple.
    - usefulcat 9mo ago
      > Texas was Democratic 35 years ago. As I believe were many southern states at that time, but certainly not because they were at all "liberal", either by the standards of then or now. Both parties have changed so much since then that it's a weak comparison at best.
      - kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
        I attended the Arkansas Governor's School in '92. The last with Clinton's influence. They had remarkably liberal programs to expose kids to the broader world. After that year the J-freaks took over and eliminated all of that programming to suit their flavor of bigotry but that doesn't erase the people that were and still are there.
  - wpm 9mo ago
    That describes essentially every state in the Union. Illinois is red with big dots of blue. Blue states are states where the big dots of blue are big enough to outweigh the rural red. The only major difference between Indiana and Illinois is Chicago.
  - mlrtime 9mo ago
    >Texas is red (rural and suburban) with big dots of blue (urban). Isn't every state including California? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia... The only thing unique about CA here is the coast line, which is just a proxy for dense population.
kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
They need to team up and petition to be annexed as Canada's 11th province.

petcat 9mo ago

It will be interesting to see exactly where Texas decides to come down if there really was a split in the US. I have to imagine they would want to follow the rich blue states rather than be stuck footing the bill for Arkansas and Mississippi. I guess they probably just try to become their own country, like they already did once anyway.

rawgabbit 9mo ago
Texas is red (rural and suburban) with big dots of blue (urban). If worse comes to worst, Texans will be fighting ourselves first.
- kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
  Texas was Democratic 35 years ago. They also gain 100k Californians each year so becoming more and more purple.
  - usefulcat 9mo ago
    > Texas was Democratic 35 years ago. As I believe were many southern states at that time, but certainly not because they were at all "liberal", either by the standards of then or now. Both parties have changed so much since then that it's a weak comparison at best.
    - kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
      I attended the Arkansas Governor's School in '92. The last with Clinton's influence. They had remarkably liberal programs to expose kids to the broader world. After that year the J-freaks took over and eliminated all of that programming to suit their flavor of bigotry but that doesn't erase the people that were and still are there.
- wpm 9mo ago
  That describes essentially every state in the Union. Illinois is red with big dots of blue. Blue states are states where the big dots of blue are big enough to outweigh the rural red. The only major difference between Indiana and Illinois is Chicago.
- mlrtime 9mo ago
  >Texas is red (rural and suburban) with big dots of blue (urban). Isn't every state including California? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia... The only thing unique about CA here is the coast line, which is just a proxy for dense population.

kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago

They need to team up and petition to be annexed as Canada's 11th province.