Hmm people are overindexing on regional blocs because the idea features in popular sci-fi.
These blocs aren’t even remotely close to that independent. They can’t be truly autonomous anymore than modern urban households can make everything they need out of sourdough starter.
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For me it’s not about autonomy but about political representation. I think the policy and politics of an Allied Pacific States (California, Oregon, Washington) would look very different from the contemporary US in ways that are very appealing to me/becoming existentially vital.
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Political representation should map to economic footprint. I don’t know exactly what you mean by autonomy. Who expects that from any state or country in a globalized world? But the tax base should be represented as one bloc, and not broken up across 3 states or countries.
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If you look across history, empires tend to grow in size during periods of relative macro stability and splinter into smaller states in more volatile times. To attribute regional ascendance to SF feels like the stretchiest of stretches to me, when history is sitting right there.
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