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@lamppost Except that it's not true. It's a conservative pipe dream, by the same guy who proposed it last time.

@bijouxbroussard We'd love to see you go. Lots less looneyness.

@lamppost "We" who ? Alabama ? Mississippi ? Right. 😏

@bijouxbroussard I don't live in Alabama or Mississippi. Strike one. Strike two.

@lamppost Ever been to California dude? Disneyland doesn't count.

@lamppost You still haven't said who you think you represent.

@Ynotisay Yessir. Was there for business last year. Beautiful scenery until we got to downtown LA with all the homeless camps and dung.

@bijouxbroussard Many, if not most, conservatives.

@lamppost There are conservatives here who don't want the state split up. They may want to be away from the homeless, but splitting up or seceding from the rest of the U.S. won't accomplish that.

@lamppost Yeah. About what I thought. A day in the state and you've got it all figured out.

Actually, I was there for a week.

@lamppost A whole week ? My goodness. 🤔

@Ynotisay And in SF about 10 years ago. Any other questions about my lifetime itinerary?

@bijouxbroussard Well, you claim to know everything about AL and MS? How long were you there?

@lamppost Bwahahahaha. I bet Venezuela wishes entities like Apple, Google, Intel, etc called it home, or that it had a functional and productive economy - after all, we're one of the few states in the union that actually pays for itself.

@lamppost No, just surprised you think it means you know more than folks who live here.

@lamppost Nah. I've lost interest. Just another in a long line of people popping off about shit they know nothing about because, for some reason I can't understand, they're threatened. Whatever man.

Bwahaha indeed. Moonbeam has put you on the road to Venezuela. BTW, the problem with Venezuela is not that socialism was not implemented correctly. The problem is that it was implemented correctly.

@Ynotisay Don't be so hard on yourself, dude. I know you do that a lot. Keep your chin up.

@QuixoticSoul 6th largest economy in the WORLD and the biggest contributor in federal tax by FAR. We're also a donor state unlike the majority of "Red" states that suck on the government teat.

@lamppost You haven't been here in awhile. Capitalism is alive and well.

@Ynotisay I knew you were going to bring that up. You happen to have the most people by far but you undercontribute per capita. And you pay billions in benefits for illegal aliens.

@bijouxbroussard Good to see you're a convert to capitalism.

@lamppost I didn't claim that. But I have noticed that when someone's complaining about California, they're often from one of the red states. Bama and Miss are among the reddest.

@lamppost Socialism in CA? Laughable. You have to be monstrously out of touch to even propose such a thing. This entire state is built on capitalism - and business is booming.