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[jason10mm]

Red States:"Alright city slickers, no more water, no more food, no more gas. Let's see how you survive now!"
California:"Yo NY! I just bagged a desalination plant on Temu. Free shipping!"
New York: "I Imported bagels from Montreal. Better than ours, honestly."
Washington (state):"I traded three lattes for a hydroelectric deal with Canada. Power's back, baby."
Texas:"Uh… guys? We just invaded Panama. We own the Canal now!"
Florida:"Good shit. I'll send a postcard after I cruise through it next week."
Massachusetts: "We're growing kale in old Dunkin' Donuts now. Zero miles farm‑to‑table."
Oregon:"We put a toll on I‑5. Blue states: use boats."
California: "LOL there's literally a port in my backyard. You thought we needed your road?"
Illinois:"Also, all your young people just moved here for jobs. Thanks for the free labor market!"
Colorado:"Wait, why am I in this group? I was just skiing."
Red States:"…you weren't supposed to adapt this fast."

Blue city: "Wow, cholera really made a come-back now that we are using grey water for everything and can't get anything fresh. Turns out there is a good reason why folks went to grocery stores every 2 days instead of growing veggies off their balconies, that shit doesn't actually work 'cause it takes MONTHS for stuff to grow!!!! Not to mention desalination needs a TON of power and since we got rid of all the nuke plants we have to spend 8 hours a day at the communal human powered fly wheel just to get enough charge to fire it up for 2 hours a week. Just gotta dodge the cannibal gangs on my way there."

Red State: "Notice how peaceful it is? Tomorrow we are all gonna get together to raise a new barn for Jeb. Might bag myself a deer on the hike back. With all the lawyers starving in them there cities we can actually get a lot done now. Portioning up all the mass agriculture farmland into family plots with proper crop rotation and livestock management so we don't need to ship basics everywhere. Made a nice deal with Mexico for their farm labor to come up just for the harvest season and help us out. Plenty of gas with all those Texas refineries as well."

 

[Jinzo Prime]

This blue/red slapfight in the comments is fucking stupid.

 

[Idleyes]

It's meant to be hilarious, but I guess some folks are taking it a little too seriously.
If there ever were an actual Blue‑state/Red‑state split, the global markets would implode long before anyone got to play - who grows the avocados.

 

[Idleyes]

Blue city: "Wow, cholera really made a come-back now that we are using grey water for everything and can't get anything fresh. Turns out there is a good reason why folks went to grocery stores every 2 days instead of growing veggies off their balconies, that shit doesn't actually work 'cause it takes MONTHS for stuff to grow!!!! Not to mention desalination needs a TON of power and since we got rid of all the nuke plants we have to spend 8 hours a day at the communal human powered fly wheel just to get enough charge to fire it up for 2 hours a week. Just gotta dodge the cannibal gangs on my way there."

Red State: "Notice how peaceful it is? Tomorrow we are all gonna get together to raise a new barn for Jeb. Might bag myself a deer on the hike back. With all the lawyers starving in them there cities we can actually get a lot done now. Portioning up all the mass agriculture farmland into family plots with proper crop rotation and livestock management so we don't need to ship basics everywhere. Made a nice deal with Mexico for their farm labor to come up just for the harvest season and help us out. Plenty of gas with all those Texas refineries as well."

Blue State: "Hold up, you're bragging about migrant farm labor now? Thought y'all built a whole wall over that."
Red State: "Well… yeah, but this is seasonal migrant labor. Totally different."
Florida: "So the apocalypse plan is just… undocumented farmhands with extra steps? Where do I sign?"
California: "Thanks for admitting our immigrants keep everyone fed."
Texas: "…don't tell Trump."

 

[jason10mm]

Blue State: "Hold up, you're bragging about migrant farm labor now? Thought y'all built a whole wall over that."
Red State: "Well… yeah, but this is seasonal migrant labor. Totally different."
Florida: "So the apocalypse plan is just… undocumented farmhands with extra steps? Where do I sign?"
California: "Thanks for admitting our immigrants keep everyone fed."
Texas: "…don't tell Trump."

I think you would be SHOCKED at how actual working folk view getting help that comes in, does a job that needs doing for a fair wage, and goes back home.

When AI comes in and makes all them city folk unemployed, somehow I doubt it will replace many harvesters, though I suppose in time it might.

 

[Idleyes]

The truth is those farm workers live a rough life. It's long hours in brutal heat for low pay, no benefits, and constant uncertainty about visas or immigration status (especially now). A lot of them send money home, but very few come out of it rich, most just hope to retire somewhere quieter than the fields they spent their lives in.

 

[daffyduck]

Ajump, are you still awarding points?

 

[Boo Who?]

Imagine getting a 3rd country in NA and having to redo all the maps.

 

[Queso de Grande]

Ok fine. We will take the land and resources, but Canada has to keep all the people.

 

[Idleyes]

J jason10mm Just want to say thanks for being a good sport. That was a fun back and forth, you had me cracking up with the Red State's going the self sustainable route, taking over the Canal and maintaining relations with immigrant workers all while throwing shade at them thin skinned, city slickers.

 

[daffyduck]

Ok fine. We will take the USA's land and resources, and Canada will keep all of the people, too.

FTFY

 

[AJUMP23]

Ajump, are you still awarding points?

You're right this has become a candidate to IN BEFORE LOCK.

 

[daffyduck]

Not going to lie; I thought it would be locked shortly after thread creation.

 

[jason10mm]

J jason10mm Just want to say thanks for being a good sport. That was a fun back and forth, you had me cracking up with the Red State's going the self sustainable route, taking over the Canal and maintaining relations with immigrant workers all while throwing shade at them thin skinned, city slickers.

I'm pretty sure if Texas refloated the USS Texas battleship from WW1 they would immediately become the worlds 5th most powerful Navy

I do think we are approaching an era where we see some fracturing of nations Both from an increasing ideological divide and constant subversive outside attack by authoritarian regimes. Recent large scale immigration from less culturally aligned areas is gonna be a stressor as well.

Hope we weather the AI-pocalypse well. If we can build enough nuke plants maybe we can all live in a free digital utopia. Blue pill blue pill!!!!

just don't look for the bead of sweat!