• ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    As we learned from the American Civil War, the southern states were incapable of seceding. However this isn’t the question at hand. The above user asked this:

    What’s the process like?

    There is no such process.

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      7 days ago

      The outcome of a war 160 years ago has utterly no relation to how a decision to secede would play out today. I use the word “process” in place of “whatever sequence of actions” might occur if states were to assert their intent to separate from the country. “Secession” might not even be an appropriate term - a resolution could be introduced, through all the correct and proper channels, for the United States to dissolve in an organized fashion, as the Soviet Union did in 1991. There’s really no point saying any political proposal “can’t” happen.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      There is no such process.

      There is, it worked once and failed once in our history

      Step 1: Declare independence from the other government

      Step 2: don’t lose the war

      Step 2 is the hard part, admittedly

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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        6 days ago

        I think California would need to change a few gun laws before trying to go to war against the ret of the US.

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          6 days ago

          Tell me you don’t live here (or know someone who does) without directly saying it

          I’ve seen mounted MGs in the mountains, my guy, you don’t know what’s actually here and in the hands of some CRAZY leftists. I know 2 different people who have offered me very illegal arms should shit ever hit the fan, one of them owns a functional truck they just need to slide a tripod into the back into some homemade brackets and they can have a mounted MG truck in like 10m

          Fuck, I’ve seen an actual RPG get shot (that was wild)

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            6 days ago

            You’re right, I’ve never been to California to experience things first hand. I was hanging in the Nevada desert with a group of 2A’s that make their own ammo, shooting things that were most likely war crimes, and they had nothing nice to say about California and their laws.

            Probably not the best source, but it’s the one I have.

            • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              6 days ago

              Our laws aren’t amazing, I’ll grant them that an annoying amount of them are for show only, but those kinds of guys don’t actually know what the law is here, they just assume shit because we’re a liberal state that is known to have gun laws

              I’ve unironically seen people that are into guns at that same level claim you cant buy an AR-15 here and meant it, which is patently ridiculous