How about we just become a new Canadian territory? Then areas, not necessarily existing states, can eventually become provinces once we prove we fit with Canadian values. Poutine, dollar and two dollar coins and no one dollar bills or pennies? Seems like a good move.
Not sure if you're joking but I like Canada's provincial system. I'm sure someone could convince me otherwise but I wonder if our country would benefit or not? We're already de facto divided region wise. Did anyone ever play Crimson Skies? It was a pretty cool air pirate game back in the early oughts. It was set in an alternate mid-1900's where America was split up into regions with varying degrees of influence and lawlessness. Just saying we're a big place and as this current clusterfuck of an election has shown we are far from United.
Haha awesome! That game really stands the test of time. Hard as fuck to beat too. They had a full size arcade version that was pretty cool as well. Shooting down zeppelins was the shit!
The US is culturally divided by population density, urban vs rural. People talk about "The South", but even Dallas votes Blue now. While 40% of California votes Red—the rural 40%. The US Senate protects the States, while the House protects the simple majority. But there's little danger of Montana being oppressed, since they line up with the Big Red States; while 40% of Texans have no vote. It seems to me a more legitimate system would be a bicameral setup like the House and Senate, except replace the Senate with a chamber which provides a vote irrespective of population density. Something that protects the vote of both Rural Californians and Urban Texans.
I dunno. I don't think our system is that bad. Our states and counties provide a lot of nuance and we can still refer to regions, such as New England, The Great Plains, The Pacific Northwest, etc., when we want to refer to specific regions for economic, cultural, or political reasons.
The last time that happened you all got really upset. I think the scarier threat would be to replace our coffee with tea.
Which, depending on how climate change effects coffee growing regions (hint: not very well in terms of growing), might happen anyway down the road.
People in my f-book newsfeed were up in arms about this, which is always enjoyable to see. I think it should be called "getting Onion'd". The New Yorker is especially good at it because they also publish actual news.