03-10-2021, 06:13 PM
(03-10-2021, 03:09 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: What I fear is that this will set off a round of near balkanization, in which states splinter into more and more pieces. For example, rural CA is heavily red and consists of millions of people. Those people, not wanting to be dictated to by the three major population centers in the state, could make the case that there views are entirely ignored, necessitating a break off from the rest of the state.
This is an absurd slipper slope argument.
If people in rural California wanted to split up the state then Puerto Rico would not have any influence on their decision. Rural conservatives have had a much smaller portion of seats in the Senate and House very recently and there was not even a hint of California splitting into multiple states. Adding another left leaning state would still not put them in as bad of a place as they were just a few years ago.
