r/politics 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/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.