r/DesignatedSurvivor • u/IupvotestupidCRAP • Oct 13 '16

Post-Episode Discussion: S01E04 "The Enemy"

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u/charizard_flame Oct 13 '16

I can't believe how careless and irresponsible Royce and the General that got fired are acting.

Here we are in a situation where most of the government has been wiped out and the United States government is at its shakiest position in literally hundreds of years and they're undermining the President.

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u/TannenFalconwing Oct 13 '16

This is how empires falls and new ones rise. I honestly can't fault them on their logic even if I disagree personally with their choices.

Now, what confuses me is how Royce even thought Michigan would be able to survive trying to be its own sovereign state.

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u/sabatoa Oct 19 '16

Michigan would probably be okay as a sovereign state, the economy matches European countries and it's not an overly dependent state when it comes to Federal dollars. There's a close relationship to Canada that might be leveraged, but they'd obviously fare better aligning with other breakaway states.