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qwlauren35

(6,305 posts) Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:34 PM Aug 25

If the Union Dissolves... [View all]

In Buddhist philosophy, nothing is permanent, and when we cling to something, we suffer. Maybe the United States cannot continue to exist. Maybe it will split in two. If the US fractures, where will you go? Do you think your state would leave Trump's America? I'm visiting friends in Massachusetts right now, and they are ready to go. I think my state would fracture, but if put to a vote, we might go ...

Given the interconnectedness of the world we live in, could the East and West Coasts form one country?

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If the Union Dissolves... [View all] qwlauren35 Aug 25 OP

Not going to happen Fiendish Thingy Aug 25 #1

More people voted for Harris/Walz markodochartaigh Aug 25 #2

The piece of shit has every intention of using the military against blue states Eliot Rosewater Aug 26 #3

If pigs fly, full rain gear will be the uniform of the day. marble falls Aug 26 #4

I'm a lifelong Californian Oeditpus Rex Aug 26 #5

A state (or states) cannot legally secede according to the Constitution. LudwigPastorius Aug 26 #6

Yes. We would all lose -- 49 states combined -- in a fight with North Dakota . . . Journeyman Aug 26 #8

It's supposed to die gradually, not in a New York minute due to a tub of lard. LeftInTX Aug 26 #7

I disagree, I believe you've confused Buddhist teachings Bread and Circuses Aug 26 #9

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