Greater Idaho movement reacts to Crook County voters' approval of measure supporting move - KTVZ
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -  On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho.  The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho

On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho.  The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.

  • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
    156·
    1 month ago

    The idea of States and federal governments make no sense to me. Same country but different set of laws? Why even form a country?

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      273·
      1 month ago

      The United States formed as a group of semi-sovereign political entities that wanted to make their own laws, but needed a common defense, foreign, and trade policy to prevent recolonization.

      The founding fathers knew that the country wouldn’t agree on everything, so they set up a system where a lot of decisions would be made by more local officials.

      Other federations work on the same principle. It is a lot easier to get political consensus in a smaller group than a larger one, so a lot of decisions are pushed to more local entities.

      • ssj2marx@lemmy.ml
        52·
        1 month ago

        Lemmy works because you can create new instances and communities and change federation rules and move around between them completely uninhibited. In the real world, the overwhelming majority of people are stuck where they are with whatever government was there before they were born.

    • Cybermonk_Taiji@r.nfEnglish
      33·
      1 month ago

      It’s not a country and never has been, it’s a union of states.

      “State” in general terms usually refers to an entire country, notice the term “state department”

      Nation States. At it’s core the federal government was meant to be basically like the EU, each member retaining autonomy but joining the union and agreeing to abide by its rules in order to gain access to collective benefits.

      The reality of the situation is that this “country” was formed as a business proposition and that’s all it’s ever been. America is a business not a nation of people, the rest is pure propaganda.