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/whoibehmmm 1d ago

Couldn't agree more. They've been holding us back for decades.

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u/NecroCannon 1d ago

Even before all of this I decided to move from Mississippi because there’s genuinely no future here, the state refuses to progress to grow and will take two steps back just to make sure it stays that way.

Meanwhile I look at Illinois, where I’m going to, and the Gov is on Trump’s ass and also doing trade negotiations behind Trump’s back around tariffs

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u/whoibehmmm 1d ago

Good on you for getting out! My personal feelings about Newsom and Pritzker aside, all blue state govs should be following their lead.

And I know lots of leftists will argue "we should be moving TO red states to flip them" but fuck that. Their majority vote that way because they want to stay that way. After this circus of an election I am done trying to make them see the light. If you want to live in a place that actively tries to move forward then you're just going to have to pick up and move to those places.

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u/NecroCannon 1d ago

I’m not out yet but I’m 2-3 months from it!

But it’s exactly how I feel now, and the thing about my town is, it has a whole famous athlete tied to it but with that spot light still barely does anything with it. I can’t even stand by the “remember where you came from and support your home town” stance, there was so much racial bullshit it took me graduating and learning more about the world to see that my area has hardly even fucking moved past segregation. It’s baked into minds here like it was just 20 years ago or some shit.

What kind of educated person wants to settle down where they feel like they’re surrounded by idiots stuck in the past? These states deserve to fall at this point

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u/whoibehmmm 1d ago

I am very happy for you and those 2-3 months will pass in a flash. I grew up in the South. Fuck that, lol. I want to live in places where people dream of moving forward. Have a great life in your new city!