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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by weaksauce on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:41PM (#32174779)
california has the 6th largest gdp in the world... ahead of every country save 5(that's including the US). California is a juggernaut and just saying that it would be taking 10% of the US GDP is underselling it.
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by yucky on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:53PM (#32175231)
They wouldn't survive very long without water. You can't drink GDP.
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by weaksauce on Thursday July 21, 2022 @03:31AM (#32176747)
what do you think desalination plants would do?
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Re:Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon by sickofparadox on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:37AM (#32179213)
Probably not much, since California routinely can't even import enough electricity to power itself now.
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