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/CanadianTrashInspect 1d ago

It doesn't even make sense because the divide is very much rural vs urban. Even California and New York - which are held as examples of big Blue States - are 38% and 43% Republican.

Both those states have extremely red regions outside of the cities. So it's unlikely that those people would side with the Democratic state government over the Republican feds.

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u/SCViper 1d ago

They would join. It really wouldn't take much for New York and California to seize the farms from said Republican farmers if it came down to it. And there are PLENTY of urban Democrats in those states who would love to get their hands on some land.

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u/Miserable_Law_6514 1d ago

I think you'd be surprised how few people even in big cities are okay with a government forcibly stealing land from its lawful owners for political reasons. Plus a lot of those owners have guns, and would burn/poison their own land out of spite.

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u/DumboWumbo073 1d ago

I think you forgot the part about everything collapsing

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u/Miserable_Law_6514 1d ago

Yeah, that's not a good enough reason for everyone. People tend to bunker down when things go to hell.

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u/DumboWumbo073 1d ago

Bunker down for what at that point it’s all over. It’s either you do something or get wiped out if you’re not part of the accepted group. That’s how these scenarios objectively have played out everytime.