r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 1d ago

It's defacto secession. And m I'm all for it.

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u/SpiritualScumlord 1d ago

Sorry but this is ignorant bs. Don't get me wrong I'm against this administration, but the US Civil War is the bloodiest war in US history and the only reason the US ever came back from it was because Lincoln was a leader of leaders. Literally, brothers killed brothers. To promote such a thing is one of the most ignorant and heartless things you can do. Genuinely, please shut up.

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u/sagerobot I voted 1d ago

Tell that to the conservatives who are dreaming of the day they get to turn their guns on liberals.

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u/calamity_unbound 1d ago

I'm in agreement with both of you here. A 2nd civil war would be unimaginably devastating for the country for innumerable reasons. To your point, however, if the side that seemingly chomps at the bit to bring violence to the equation gets their way, I believe they will be thoroughly surprised by the resistance they meet. Just because liberals don't deck out their trucks in Glock stickers doesn't mean they don't own and use firearms.

My hope, however, is that if we reach that point, Conservatives/MAGA/Neo-Confedrates, whatever you want to call them, will choke and back down as they so often do when their bluff is called. I'm not optimistic on that front, but it is much easier to sit behind a screen and spout threats and hate than it is to literally put your life on the line in defense of that rhetoric.