Other than the loss of some port cities, I’m looking for a downside...
The downside is that this is a Trojan Horse for a foreign beachhead in the continental USA.
How many businesses are there in CA owned by Chinese nationals? How much real estate? How soon before they begin demanding reconciliation with ethnic compatriots in Oregon and Washington?
What alliances exist between these Chinese nationals and the Mexican Nationalists? China wants a Pacific hegemony. How far east will that extend? What happens to Hawaii and the US island territories?
If I lived in California, I’d spend the next 2 years fighting this tooth and nail. If secession wins I’d get the hell out . If I were younger, I’d join a partisan militia. If I lived in a bordering state, I’d be wary of California expats who might eventually desire ‘ethnic’ annexation of parts of Nevada and Arizona. If secession creeps north, maybe Idaho would also be a target.
Lots and lots and lots of downside. Global bad actors wish for a way to deconstruct the US territory.
Glad I’m old and I live in Wisconsin.
“Other than the loss of some port cities, I’m looking for a downside...”
California grows 82% of the world’s almonds.
Can you live without almonds?
I didn’t think so....we’re so screwed.
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