>>520544897
Jefferson will be part of the Cascadian Reich. Without Jefferson our southern flank will not be secure and we will need to use biological, chemical, and radiological weapons to prevent California from invading us. You do not want to put us into a position where we have to defend our independence like that. This region is composed of people who went as far as possible to get away from overbearing puritans, and then did it again with the Oregon trail. It's occasionally pointed out that the human exodus from Africa was composed of the people who really didn't want to live in Africa anymore, imagine the level of genetic "go fuck yourself" it takes to do that until literally the whole world has been explored and there is nowhere on earth left to leave to. Our backs are to the wall, don't push it, if we have to leave earth it'll be on Orion drives and you won't be around to bitch.