• Ckjazz@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    I’m genuinely curious on how realistic this is… I can’t imagine it’s a simple process, but like what would need to happen for California to become it’s own country?

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      16 hours ago

      To do so legally, Constitutional Convention. 2/3 of states would have to agree to let it go. And everyone would have to hammer out what happens to federal assets inside the state.

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      18 hours ago

      There is basically zero chance they successfully secede. There is however a slightly above zero chance they seriously try.

      California trying to secede would be stupid enough to make Trump look like a top mensa candidate.

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      19 hours ago

      At the moment, California is taking signatures for studying a “CALexit” plan. It is about 500,000 signatures by July for a successful petition. After that, California starts to study the costs, opportunities, logistics, and other aspects of leaving the union.