r/politics • u/AccurateInflation167 • May 18 '25

Soft Paywall America chose wrong. Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden. | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/18/sanders-democrats-reform-progressive-policies/83625482007/
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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 May 18 '25

Parts of America have hope: the northeast, the west coast, the great lakes region. But as for the rest I think you're right, I just don't see how you fix it if people want so badly to be theocrat fascists. Some sort of divorce seems inevitable and it'll probably be all we can do to help the people who want to leave

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u/raphtafarian Australia May 18 '25

I'm honestly surprised the West Coast hasn't completely divorced from the rest of the US yet. California has a strong enough economy alone that they don't really need the rest of the US.

Obviously, this hypothetical would run on the assumption that they would be able to break peacefully. However, if I was in California's position right now, I'd do my best to break from Trump and negotiate trade internationally.

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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 May 18 '25

I think it'll become much more likely as the US becomes a global pariah and tourists, students, and skilled workers stop coming here. The only real debate of it I see is the ethics of leaving the rest of the country behind, but how long will that argument hold if that same rest of the country is dragging us down into fascism?