taiyang

I mean, it's the whole point of the "states rights" things. Republicans use that hypocritically, but there's truth to it. But you're right in that it's been eroded for a long time; that and the executive branch has gained more and more power too. Constitutionalists should be up in arms but again, hypocrites every last one of them.

He wasn't able to do it in 2016 for the same reason this time around--- probably, anyway. My guess is it's mostly not a priority compared to enriching billionaires, but also some Republicans probably aren't that interested in overthrowing State governments (especially Californian house members lol). You also have the issue of compliance, as the military and FBI aren't exactly Hitler's generals. Yet, anyway.

You know, at least there's some solace in knowing Trump 100% didn't and can't read Project 2025. He's still going to bull-in-the-china-shop his way though this but I don't think he's going to follow the script exactly.

I heard. We weren't immune to the low turn out, and if anything we had a lot more protest votes since we're a "safe blue" state. Actually I'm much more concerned about how it impacts some house races. We might be a bit screwed, and lazy Californians might be why.

It's true. Some places are affordable but won't be terribly enjoyable unless a lot of progressives move there (like Bakersfield isn't the worst place in the world).

Edit: on two separate occasions I saw cars wrapped in full anime weeb regalia parked in places in Bakersfield. It's just mostly immigrant farm workers, though.

I'd say we tend to still have a few good qualities from our culture (or at least a product of a subculture), but there absolutely no doubt about the bad ones. I especially hate how they are regarding education, since that's one of the most important things we have.

It's a shame we're slowly losing those good qualities, though. Individualism, for instance, is at it's extreme in the US and is one of the ways it's attracted so many artists and creatives. Too bad corporate interests are eroding that steadily for decades, and fascism is likely to stifle the first amendment once and for all.

Indeed. Slightly better timeline had him die of heart disease in 2022. Won't to us as much good now, though. (Although you gotta wonder if JD sans-Trump would take us out of NATO)

CAWAORNYIL... And New Englandxit.

I think that just describes a civil war at this point lol

Yeah, that's going to be a world wide problem in any case. California can also keep doing it's green push too, but just like with countries, it's a moot point if your neighbor is mucking everything up.

As they said, money, but I'd say there are a few safeguards. On obvious issues like reproductive rights, we can hold out on "states decide" until there's a federal ban, and even longer with legal challenges. States that rarified it in their construction have a similar setup. We also have organizations in place to help undocumented immigrants so much so that they can get drivers licenses and insurance, etc.

As for things specific to Trump, it's mostly a matter of having a lot of lawyers ready to challenge things and purposefully not following federal law if needed. 4 years is a remarkably short time to hold out, assuming again they don't just go full fascist and arrest our governor and state Congress. Technically shouldn't be possible even with the supreme court but who knows.

Speaking of which, that's the real problem-- federal appointed judges. So all together we'll just have to see. States rights is a good thing when you've got a good state, though.

Nah, that's a trap. At tempting at it is, it's better for everyone to stay a union even if California has the 5th (or 6th depending on measure) strongest economy in the world. Plus imagine how fucked the other 49 would be!

Oh I'm 100% with you and there is never a way to confirm how things would have gone. We were doomed since 2020, I knew Biden would have a hard time with a second term. I just hoped Trump would have died by now.