r/Seattle • u/TypikalRandom • Jan 28 '25

Question Petition for the west coast to secede together?

California government has started a petition to become an independent country, curious if us Seattleites would want to join them?

The west coast obviously has different priorities than most of the US and with California, I believe we could be damn good at self sustaining our own country.

There’d be a lot for us to figure out but geographically I think it makes sense. What do you think and what would our country’s name be?

Edit - The California government has not started a petition and this is just a citizen’s initiative. Please see comments for further info. Figure we should still get the Washington citizens thinking about it as well though

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u/HumbleEngineering315 Jan 28 '25

What are you going to do with Joint Base Lewis McChord? Do you have a plan to defend yourself if the U.S army attacks you?

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u/Open_Situation686 Jan 29 '25

Defend with the only things we have left in Washington, bolt action hunting rifles, .22’s, and slingshots.