• peregrin5@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Don’t have to care about being unconstitutional if you’re not part of the union.

    • orclev@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      That’s great in theory but just as unrealistic in practice for California as it always has been for Texas. The single biggest stumbling block for any state to leave the union for any reason is the military. Most of the other problems can be resolved within the borders of the state, but the disposition of existing and theoretical new military hardware, personnel, and bases will always be a sticking point even assuming the federal government and the other states are willing to let them leave.

      Any attempt to leave the US that has any hope of succeeding would be a very long and protracted process that would make Brexit look breakneck in comparison. We’re talking at least a couple decades at a minimum.

      It’s either that or another civil war and that has so many variables I’m not sure anyone has any hope of predicting how that would turn out.