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/Malaix 1d ago

They push division between groups of people within the country. They want us bitter but trapped and in this corpse nation while they loot us. Other nations have good qualities of life without being a continent spanning empire.

I’d rather have the north east free to pursue that better life than constantly being pulled by and dragged down by the regressive south and Midwest.

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u/kittenTakeover 1d ago

Other nations have largely been at the whim of the US lately. Integration makes societies wealthy and safe through reduced conflict and increased cooperation. Individualist/isolationist mentalities breed more conflict.

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u/Malaix 1d ago

Which is why I support secession to join in closer bonds with NATO, Canada, the EU, the UN, the ICC, the WHO, and others. The red states all want to isolate from that like s bunch of bitter hermits and live under a dictator who says enslaving women and eliminating brown and LGBTQ people is the future.