I'd wish the EU would pay for California separatism as much as the US is supporting breaking up the EU (Orban, AfD in Germany, Farage, ..)

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jeroenhd 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The EU would be better off promoting separatism for the redneck states rather than specifically supporting California. Direct trade with California is tough, but if the southern states were to fall off, the east coast of the USA would still provide a decent area to trade with.

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detectivestory 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I always find it so interesting how little the topic of Californian independence comes up online. You would think there would at least be a decent amount of organic content around that, never mind external interference.

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roncesvalles 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Separatism is born of a sense of ethnoracial exceptionalism:

1) we're a genealogically different ethnic group from the rest of the country

2) we're better than the major ethnic group of the rest of the country

Both bits are absolutely essential. I can't recall a single instance of a separatist movement based on purely political differences gaining serious ground, Alberta included.

	▲	api 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why just ethnic? It can also be religious, ideological, or based on some economic interest. The US revolution was a mix of tax revolt and ideology. The British were the same ethnic group as most of the leaders of the revolution.