• Not a replicant@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There are states in Australia that can swallow Texas whole. Long distance driving is unavoidable, so it’s less useful as a metric because it can’t be changed easily. It would mean improving public transport, subsidising domestic flights, etc - and we all know how likely that is.

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      2 days ago

      I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

      Get more states 😜

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        17 hours ago

        You’ve heard the term “balkanization”? You’ve just invented “US-ification”.

        More states = more politicians 🤮

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          17 hours ago

          I’m really hopeful people get their heads out of their asses and flip the majorities in the house and senate next year…

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      2 days ago

      I mean, you guys have 6 states covering a landmass roughly 75% the size of the US…

      Get more states 😜