I agree that California wouldn't secede. The nation needs us. Without our agriculture and entertainment (including tech, internet), the United States would be in the dark ages. California would never do that to you.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
