People keep talking about “Federalizing the National Guard” and now you’ve got other States pledging their NG to Texas in defiance of the Supreme Court (see image).

So is this what CW2 looks like?

P.S. I’m a Brit

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I said this in another thread-

    Most Americans aren’t interested or even capable of fighting in a civil war. When you live paycheck-to-paycheck, you’re not going to abandon your family to fight on the front lines.

    And a huge percentage of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck.

    Texas would have to have a draft.

    Good luck with that.

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      10 months ago

      The tech bros in Austin are not going to the front lines. Front line at airport, maybe.

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      10 months ago

      Not to mention states themselves are never more than 60%/40% leaning either way. It’s not like the more homogeneous populations of the 1800s.

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        10 months ago

        Bingo. If Texas tried to leave, a HUGE chunk of the population would revolt against the State of Texas. Many more would just leave. Very little good would remain.