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In reply to the discussion: If CA, OR, and WA became a separate country, what would you call it? [View all]
pat_k
(12,655 posts)61. Thinking through details, even when just toying...
...with an idea reveals important problems and insights about how interrelated we are. We may view things as red v. blue, but there are nightmare scenarios with trying to effect some sort of partitioning.
So we move to the question of how the heck do we get through this with compassion for the vast array of humans who occupy this enormous country?
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I'd be fine with that as long as we offered space for those who want to leave red states
EdmondDantes_
Jun 2025
#49
Add CO, NM and any NE, MidAtlantic, and upper Midwestern states with Canada and I'll be fine with Canada+
hlthe2b
Jun 2025
#16