r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 20h 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/NotLikeGoldDragons 18h ago

The nation collapsed under the Articles of Confederation, which then had to be replaced with a stronger federal govt in the Constitution. So.....there's that.

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u/iKill_eu 17h ago

There's a fun irony in that conservatives have been preaching the wonders of small federal government for years.

Turns out if you give them what they want, the federal government cracks under the weight of the states.

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u/NotLikeGoldDragons 15h ago

Which is what conservatives think they want. Until they get it. Wait until the tech-bro titans start having to deal with multiple state lawsuits because states now have different regulatory requirements. In the end they'll have to rebuild their platforms to conform to the most restrictive case, which will probably be CA.

It would be the supreme irony if by destroying the federal govt, all the businesses & tech platforms end up having to take their marching orders from California, which would undoubtedly be much more restrictive that the Federal rules had been previously.

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u/iKill_eu 15h ago

That'd be fucking rich.