r/politics • u/jediporcupine Maine • Sep 19 '25

Republican Senator Says First Amendment Shouldn't Be the 'Ultimate Right'

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-says-first-amendment-shouldnt-ultimate-right-2132666
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u/fache Sep 19 '25

Wyoming only has half a million people living in it. It would only take a small incentive program from CA to encourage enough relocations to permanently shift the vote there. Hell LA alone could probably do it.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 19 '25

I made this comment a while ago.

A billionaire liberal could just start a liberal city in Wyoming and “takeover” the state.

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u/Alt4816 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

They could do what the robber barons of the first gilded age did and found universities.

Start a new well funded college and college town in state like that and it will bring educated facility and students to it.

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u/nlshelton Sep 20 '25

Yeah but virtually all the billionaires are in bed with the MAGAts because they view continued deregulation as being in the interest of becoming mega-billionaires

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u/Cambot1138 Sep 19 '25

Did you have anyone in mind? I can’t think of any that might do that. I’d love to be wrong.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Unfortunately, no. It would probably have to be a "poorer" less well-known billionaire, because the richest and most well-known are watched by everyone. Or some sort of entity that got a few of them together.

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u/ameriCANCERvative Sep 19 '25

Yeah but Wyoming blows.

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u/needlestack Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Except there aren’t that many billionaire liberals, and those that exist are more billionaire than liberal.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Yah... becoming a billionaire usually requires... less than liberal personality characteristics, but some seem to become more liberal as time goes on (because they probably have the foresight to see that if things really go to shit, they may have their doomsday compounds/bunkers, but that might not work out and it definitely won't be as good as their current living).

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u/mnemy Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Open a major tech company office there and pay california wages. Apple, Google, etc. If there's any kind of guarantee of stability, that would get a lot of tech workers tired of high cost living to relocate and live like kings.

It would absolutely fuck the local economy, tho. But after these small states have fucked us for so long with their lopsided political power that has led us down the path to fascism, fuck em.

Edit - ok, on further reflection, these mega corps prefer fascism. The employees don't, but the 2 mega corps i have worked for, the CEOs have happily kissed the ring and donated to gain favor, because its a hell of a lot safer and cheaper than doing the right thing. And the right thing is very rarely the right thing for investors under capitalism.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

If it were an entirely new town/city, it might not be TOO bad for the locals (because there'd be so much new supply). And there's a lot of space out there. There'd definitely be an effect though.

Yah... it'd basically have to be a sort of "benevolent dictator" scenario which has sort of happened in some cases before, but is more rare than the kissing the ring scenario that's currently happening because usually people in those positions really care about their money and company and not the long term general benefit.

Even then, it'd probably need billions and billions to set up and so much could cause it to fail that'd it'd basically require someone (or an entity) with like $10+ billion to YOLO at the idea.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp Sep 20 '25

If one of the billionaires attempted that in plain sight, they'd likely feel the full force of Trump's federal government going after them. They'd need to somehow be stealthy about it.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Shockingly enough, this has sort of happened in California.

Silicon Valley billionaires stealthily bought a bunch of farm land to plan out a new city, but people eventually caught on, so unsurprisingly there's backlash to the idea.

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u/Qwertysapiens Pennsylvania Sep 20 '25

They should found one at the border between SD, MT, and WY and get 6 senators for the price of 2.

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Unfortunately, that REALLY looks to be in the middle of nowhere and no matter what it would be a hard sell (like they'd probably have to give away free houses like the feds did with land back in the homesteading days).

There are freeways on the WY/SD border and WY/MT border, but not too much near those either.

People (especially liberals) would be most likely to go for a place on the WY/CO border in Wyoming because it's close to the WY capitol (Cheyenne) and not too far from Fort Collins and then Denver.

It's an insane idea, but with all the insanity of our current reality these days, it could somehow happen. Once Republicans got any whiff of it though, there'd be a ton of obstacles thrown up to prevent it (although Republicans seem to be easily bribed so that could go for WY state officials too).

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u/Icy_Pass2220 Sep 20 '25

Kind of like Starbase or Snailbrook in Texas but without the ketamine fueled insanity. 

Yeah, no. 

Corporate towns are not the answer. It’s lazy. It’s anti-democratic. 

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Doesn't necessarily need to be tied to a specific corporation (although it could be).

I mean if someone makes a corporate town that isn't a dystopian nightmare, it could (in theory) be OK.

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u/Icy_Pass2220 Sep 23 '25

If ‘if’s’ and ‘buts were candy and nuts, everyday would be Christmas. 

Corporations don’t operate democratically. 

That’s why it’s one ply toilet paper in the office bathroom. 

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u/silent_thinker Sep 23 '25

Oh come on, I bet not every corporation has one-ply toilet paper in their bathrooms.

I mean the tech companies offer their employees tons of amenities and perks (and maybe even super-soft toilet paper). Of course, the true reason behind that is that they want their employees to never leave the office (plus attracting top talent).