• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    71·
    2 months ago

    Breaking states out and pretending they are countries us fundamentally dishonest. State economies are artificially inflated vs outside countries.

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        2 months ago

        It’s not just payments, California is a port for most of the US, but that traffic would be less if they were their own country. There’s a dozen or so similar things similar that give states a benefit that ful countries don’t have.