Remember when talking about seceding because of a lost presidential election was racist? It's not anymore. It's good progressive behavior. That and fantasizing about a presidential assassination. Dissent will once again be the new patriotism. And the filibuster will be the guardian institution of democracy. But first secession. Lots and lots of secession.
Many in Silicon Valley are freaked out at the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency. But with the race seemingly getting tighter, one tech titan took things a little further by saying that he’d push for California to secede from the nation if Trump were to win.
Shervin Pishevar, a well-known investor in lots of startups and the co-founder of Hyperloop One, made the provocative comment in a tweet this evening:
Tonight, another tech leader, Dave Morin, said he sympathized with Pishevar’s proposal and would “partner” with him on it. Morin is also an investor and was a co-founder of the social network Path.
BuzzFeed is trying to map out what it would take to secede.
Faced With A Trump Presidency, Could A State Actually Secede?
Racists.