TFSmith121
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A militaristic, expansionist power based in eastern Asia with eyes on the Pacific and with significant internal dynamic of being a chosen people is rather unlikely to offer much to a population that is racially diverse, majority Christian, and has been socialized as "American" and "Western" (in all the complexity those terms reflect) since 1900, roughly.
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Moreover, a major Pacific threat, be it Japan or China, INCREASES the value of Hawai'i to the rest of the US, and makes it LESS likely that Congress would agree to Hawai'i leaving. (again, leaving aside the legality of separation)
True that ...
A militaristic, expansionist power based in eastern Asia with eyes on the Pacific and with significant internal dynamic of being a chosen people is rather unlikely to offer much to a population that is racially diverse, majority Christian, and has been socialized as "American" and "Western" (in all the complexity those terms reflect) since 1900, roughly.
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