(July 8, 2016 at 11:21 am)Minimalist Wrote:(July 8, 2016 at 11:06 am)Tiberius Wrote: When my family ask me to explain it I liken it to a state voting to secede from the USA, and the USA being powerless to stop the secession. No more federal funding, no more free travel between states, and any trade agreements would have to basically start from scratch.
They also seem to think they can negotiate from a position of equality, don't they? Taking what they want and ignoring everything else.
Pretty much, so you can probably extend the analogy and say the state was California, or possibly even Texas. Big, lots of people, lots of power, and could definitely function as an individual country, however if you think California or Texas would have the same negotiating power as the entire USA, you're having a laugh.
