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I strongly believe that it's time for California to take control of its financial destiny. We contribute significantly more than we receive, and this imbalance must be addressed.
California's rich cultural diversity and progressive values are our strengths. As an independent nation, we would have the freedom to foster and promote these values without facing ridicule or opposition from states with differing ideologies.
Securing California's safety is paramount. As a nation-state, we would have the capability to formulate our own foreign policies and security measures, tailored to the specific threats we face.
Federal regulations have long hampered our economic potential. Independence would liberate our economy, particularly in the tech sector, allowing us to innovate and trade globally without undue restrictions.
We need to embrace this fully to protect and advance our values, especially in areas like gun control where federal intervention has often been counterproductive. Sovereignty would empower us to enact and uphold laws that reflect the will and needs of Californians.
Californians have shown a clear preference for autonomy, particularly in handling immigration and climate change. This sentiment was further solidified during our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Just like the global impact of Brexit, California's secession would reshape not just our state but also have significant global economic implications.
The recurrent conflicts with federal administrations highlight the differing values and priorities between California and the federal government.
The legal pathways for secession, as illustrated by the Calexit movement, are clear indicators of the feasibility of this endeavor.
California's rich cultural diversity and progressive values are our strengths. As an independent nation, we would have the freedom to foster and promote these values without facing ridicule or opposition from states with differing ideologies.
Yet the USA federal government decides who we can sell to and how much we must ask. The USA regularly sets unreasonable prices for our goods, which means most of our goods are not sold on the world market; rather, we then sell these goods for a fraction of the original asking price to the USDA.
Californians have shown a clear preference for autonomy, particularly in handling immigration and climate change. This sentiment was further solidified during our response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recurrent conflicts with federal administrations highlight the differing values and priorities between California and the federal government.
I strongly believe that it’s time for California to take control of its financial destiny. We contribute significantly more than we receive, and this imbalance must be addressed. As a sovereign nation-state, California would have the autonomy to allocate its resources more effectively, ensuring that our contributions directly benefit our citizens, especially in critical areas like homelessness.
Taxes: California is a Maker state, contributing more to the federal government than we receive. (In contrast, South Carolina takes in more than $7 in federal funds for every $1 they contribute.)
We subsidize about 35+ states in America (who contribute less than their fair share), and have done so for over 40 years. The amount of money we have lost over decades is in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Additionally we don’t receive fair federal support for service we do need. CA is famously home to half of the homeless population but only receives a faction of the Federal McKinney-Vento federal homeless assistance funds when our need is much more.
California’s rich cultural diversity and progressive values are our strengths. As an independent nation, we would have the freedom to foster and promote these values without facing ridicule or opposition from states with differing ideologies. Our distinct culture is not just an asset; it’s a beacon of progressive thought and inclusivity.
Culture: California is very culturally different from the rest of America.
We are much more liberal, more educated, more internationally connected, more full of immigrants, than the rest of America – and we have been so since 1550, or before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth.
Routinely our culture is the butt of jokes and derision by politicians in conservative states, on conservative television and a lot of mainstream comedy.
Unfortunately, both the Republican and Democrat national parties are out of line with CA values – both parties placed Latino children in cages, and built the border wall, reject undocumented immigrants in their communities, and support endless wars.
Securing California’s safety is paramount. As a nation-state, we would have the capability to formulate our own foreign policies and security measures, tailored to the specific threats we face. This autonomy would enable us to dissociate from conflicts that don’t align with our state’s values or interests, significantly reducing our vulnerability to global threats.
Safety: California is vulnerable because of our association with America. America is a warmonger on the world stage, although not seen that way by many Americans. California was the site of one of the worst terror attacks in San Bernardino county in 2015 because we were forced to join the war in Iraq. CA was threatened by a nuclear missile by North Korea in 2017 because America threatened it. California was the most vulnerable state to a massive terrorist attack after 911, because of our many ports, but we never received our fair share of 911 protection funds between 2001-2005, instead they were evenly distributed across the states. Additionally, after the reign of Donald Trump and the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan under Biden, many of America’s allies are unsure of staying in alliance with America, and therefore America is not the bulwark against trouble that it was since the 1950s. Enemies aren’t as scared of America, and allies aren’t as willing to join America.
California should be looking for its own security posture in this new emerging world order.
Federal regulations have long hampered our economic potential. Independence would liberate our economy, particularly in the tech sector, allowing us to innovate and trade globally without undue restrictions. Managing our international brand and trade agreements as a sovereign nation would open up unprecedented economic opportunities for California.
Economics: California is held back by the Federal government. America’s spying on the world has hurt our tech sales in smart phones and laptops to the cost of billions of dollars.
American Federal regulation typically takes 5-10 years to get a California business deal with a foreign country approved.
California products are wanted around the world “Made in California” is on technology products to fruits and wine sold around the world. We have our own international brand -without the ability to manage it like international corporations or sovereign nations.
Our governance already mirrors that of a nation-state. We need to embrace this fully to protect and advance our values, especially in areas like gun control where federal intervention has often been counterproductive. Sovereignty would empower us to enact and uphold laws that reflect the will and needs of Californians.
Government: California already acts like a separate nation from America. California governors, since Arnold Schwarzenegger have traveled to other countries to sign Trade deals and MOUs on Climate change agreements, things only nations do.
Politico magazine in 2017 referred to CA governor Jerry Brown as the “President of the independent Republic of California” because of this activity.
Governor Newsom famously told the federal government he would not listen to their regulations regarding Climate Change in an agreement with 2 other states, and while saying “CA is a nation state” in 2020.
However, routinely our California laws for limiting access to guns, to prevent mass shootings here, are struck down by Federal courts – leaving California lives in danger.
Californians have shown a clear preference for autonomy, particularly in handling immigration and climate change. This sentiment was further solidified during our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nation-state, California can fully realize the aspirations of its people, ensuring that our policies and actions align closely with their wishes.
People: the California people already act like a separate nation. In 2017, PPIC did a survey were it found – 65% back ignoring Fed on Immigration and 63% back ignoring Fed Climate Change laws. In 2017 surveys by Stanford University and Reuters Ipsos showed around 47.5$% of Californians were open to discussing secession and fully 32% wanted to secede immediately. Although energy around the Calexit movement fizzled out by 2019. In 2020, California was back at it again – when the governor declared that California would be independent of federal direction on Covid, while referring to CA as a nation state, his popularity among Californians went up to 83%.
Our robust economy is a testament to our potential as a sovereign state. Just like the global impact of Brexit, California’s secession would reshape not just our state but also have significant global economic implications. Our economy is diverse and strong enough to support an independent nation-state.
Secession is possible because of our economy: In the age of Brexit and Trump, anything is possible. No expert thought either of these two things would pass with a vote.
In today’s economically interconnected world – no one tells one of the top 10 global economies what to do. If the banks are too big to fail – then a top 10 economy in the world definitely is.
As CNN”s top legal analyst Danny Cevallo said IN 2017: “The reality is that if California really wanted to, it could probably just leave the United States. It would be an unconstitutional, illegal act. But what could Washington actually do about it?”
The recurrent conflicts with federal administrations highlight the differing values and priorities between California and the federal government. Independence would allow us to pursue our progressive agenda without obstruction, ensuring that our policies are not at the mercy of national political dynamics.
The American presidency: The last Republican government famously sought out, directly criticized, and routinely squabbled with the state of California over our progressive cultural and technology policies. The Republican government before him, George W Bush, started a war in Iraq that drained out military, and left us without forest fire support which then lead to our forest being burned down because we couldn’t get enough federal assistance and they forced our own labor to leave the country to go fight an unnecessary war. How do we know that won’t happen again? The Republican party held a convention in 2020, where the entire convention seemed to be about criticizing California. There has never been a time where one of the two major political parties focused on a state to insult as their main platform. Additionally, Donald Trump as this time is doing better in polling than Joe Biden in Nov 2023, and has a good chance of returning as president – even after all of the racists and horrible things he did from 2016-2020. The last time Trump was elected president the California legislature issued a “Joint Statement from California Legislative Leaders on Result of Presidential Election” where they said “Today, we woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land, because yesterday Americans expressed their views on a pluralistic and democratic society that are clearly inconsistent with the values of the people of California.” None of Trumps supporters have changed their mind on his policies, and the fact that he is the most popular candidate at this moment says the sentiment of America that shocked Californians in 2016 – is still there.
The legal pathways for secession, as illustrated by the Calexit movement, are clear indicators of the feasibility of this endeavor. While challenging, these legal frameworks provide a foundation for the peaceful and lawful transition of California into a sovereign nation-state.
Secession is legal and Calexit already paved the way: Before Calexit started people said there is no legal way to secede. Then Calexit filed over three separate initiatives that were approved by three separate CA attorney generals, where a vote would be placed in front of the California people asking if they would want to be independent from America. The first step in international recognition. Additionally, Calexit forced CA newspapers to admit that there is a Supreme Court case called Tx V white, on secession and it does say you can do it – “with consent of the states”. Considering how much a majority of American states hate us and routinely criticize us that shouldn’t be hard to do.