#CalExit? Are you kidding me?

[Mihalik]

the land of Fruits and Nuts can try to make it on its’ own.

And of Silicon Valley, without which the US is essentially dead in the water economically.

[Shibito]

Didnt Texas want to leave a couple of months back? Pretty sure people in here said it was a law or a amendment against it?

[Kaleredar]

And a Republican vote in California is absolutely worthless. They might as well outlaw all other parties in the state and make it a dictatorship of the Democratic Party.

Oh no I'm sure Trump will get right on busting up the evil democrats and ending the drought by telling the drought he's putting it on notice.

[Auxora]

A vote in California is worth 1/5 of a vote in Wyoming.

Yep the Electoral College is an awful system. It's not American that votes in different states have different value. And that goes for both sides. GL voting Democrat in Alabama, or Republican in Illinois. Why should a single person have a far more important vote simply because they live in Ohio or Michigan? It's about the least democratic thing in our system of government, and completely goes against the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence that every man is created equal. In fact it's such a broken system with about 40 states dominated by 1 party and voting the same every single election, that really it's only the 5-10 swing states that actually select the President, the rest of us are just spectators.

And as far as California, Texas was threatening to secede before the election if Hillary won so complaining about it happening the other way now isn't surprising. It's all incredibly unlikely anyway, but it makes a good headline and discussion topic.

[Wyrt]

Idiots don’t bitch when it’s a Democrat who wins but the second the Chosen One Queen Hillary loses an election no one except those with a brain expected her to have a chance to lose the Electoral College is fubar. Real funny kids, real funny. Let them leave, the land of Fruits and Nuts can try to make it on its’ own.

Yes they do. Did you miss the 8 years of Obama's presidency? And that was without democrats owning the entire government.

[Independent voter]

75% of the people behind these secession movements are trolls. Another 20% are in it for the joke. 5% are serious.

[Damajin]

And of Silicon Valley, without which the US is essentially dead in the water economically.

Right, because Silicon Valley is paying taxes rofl.

[Kronik85]

It's almost as if you can look round social media you can find all kinds of people posting all kinds of crazy shit....

[inboundpaper]

I've been using the idea as a joke for years. I did read a bit about it in the newspaper on the 8th though.

[PC2]

And a Republican vote in California is absolutely worthless. They might as well outlaw all other parties in the state and make it a dictatorship of the Democratic Party.

Symbolic voting is good enough if the end result is still there. My NorCal county went red for Trump and consistently sends Republican house reps.

[Pratt]

Idiots don’t bitch when it’s a Democrat who wins but the second the Chosen One Queen Hillary loses an election no one except those with a brain expected her to have a chance to lose the Electoral College is fubar. Real funny kids, real funny. Let them leave, the land of Fruits and Nuts can try to make it on its’ own.

It's more that the guy making blatant racist overtures, bragging about committing sex felonies, lying about things that don't even matter, praising freaking Russia, was elected. Doesn't matter what party he ran under.

[Zandalarian Paladin]

The more people want to split from the US, the more you will end up with a US single-sided.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

California: I think we should see other people
USA: You can't leave me! I won't let you.
<USA Storms out)
<Canada Slides up the bar next to California>
Canada: Hey, girl.

[teddabear]

I'd move there immediately. California would would far more prosperous by itself than it would as part of the US, and by just about any metric it is the best place to live in the country except for the cost of living.

[jimboa24]

Due to your vote about 40% of the population will be forever convinced that you're a racist, sexist, xenophobe. I hope that 4 years from now you still think it was worth it.

Fuck 'em. If they're seriously going to get that psychotically unhinged and triggered because of a vote I made, they're not worth knowing or worrying about in the first place.

[Mihalik]

California has been slowly circling the drain for the past decade. Texas is actually probably the most successful state in the Union. Their economy kicks ass. I have lived in both Texas and in California and in terms of economy, I very much prefer Texas.

Wut?

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/artic...-economy-great

California's economy briefly struggled while under Republican control. It's MORE than fine now. Texas...Texas is essentially a resource economy combined with heavy federal investments. It helps that it is business friendly, but by ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS IS IT BETTER THAN CALIFORNIA.

[Damajin]

Yes they do. Did you miss the 8 years of Obama's presidency? And that was without democrats owning the entire government.

I said idiots, which are Democrats. Democrats didn't bitch about Obama's Presidency and the Electoral College.

The EC is fine, people pissed off that their state isn't worth 20 states worth of deciding power really miss wtf the entire deal is and belong in one of those direct democracy shitholes.

infracted - trolling

[Kaleredar]

California has been slowly circling the drain for the past decade. Texas is actually probably the most successful state in the Union. Their economy kicks ass. I have lived in both Texas and in California and in terms of economy, I very much prefer Texas.

Circling the drain my ass. California still has the strongest economy in the United States and continues to post economic surpluses.

[Damajin]

It's more that the guy making blatant racist overtures, bragging about committing sex felonies, lying about things that don't even matter, praising freaking Russia, was elected. Doesn't matter what party he ran under.

Ok so you voted, and lost.

[Mihalik]

Right, because Silicon Valley is paying taxes rofl.

1, Yes, tho not enough.
2, It keeps people employed. Directly or indirectly.