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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And the rest of the US is unimportant?

[–] busyboredom@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Not unimportant, just irrelevant to this conversation, this is about California.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It is not. Leave California and serve the rest of the country.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What do you suppose is the US ranking among all other economies, without California? I don’t know any better, but something tells me California might be a pretty big loss. You can cut your leg off if you get an infection… but, you’ve still got to cut your leg off. That’s enough to make some antiscience people consider meds.