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US question: Would you approve of your state seceding from the Union, declaring independence from the United States? I think California, Oregon, and Washington would, and probably Colorado too. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Because democrats have found a way to benefit from their own misuses of the law as well, so you can see how this leaves the people trying to change this with impossible choices they have to suffer consequences of even if they make the best one. It takes a lot of fight to stand up and keep pushing through that, and those are exactly the folk I'm proud to call my country-kin