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    Texas secessionists have not considered the ramifications of becoming a hostile force sitting on top of oil that the US regards as its own.

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        There’s three things you don’t mess with.

        US and oil.

        US and their boats.

        And the US and an excuse to pump more money into the military industrial complex that masquerades as our Economy.

        You should also avoid bears in general.

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          You know that game 6 degrees of separation, where you find 6 people you and a stranger have in common? You can do the same thing with your job and MIC spending by the government.

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            my best friend works directly for a military contractor, I don’t need to play 6 degrees.

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              Well that sounds very bad. Giving the president emergency power to shut down the border? When does that expire? What conditions are required for it to be executed? Does it mean that Americans can’t leave or come home too? This doesn’t sound good at all to me. I really dislike that every administration rules through emergency and executive orders now, instead of legislating intelligent and long-term solutions.

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                Yeah, that’s not caving, that’s DARING Congress to refuse to pass the bill.

                See, they were going to pass a budget bill that has some border funding in it, and Mitch McConnell was telling the Republicans to pass the darned thing – but then Trump said it might be nice to use the border mess in his campaign, and Poof! McConnell spun around so fast, his heels were smoking! (no, not literally) Here’s a link: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-thrown-wrench-mitch-mcconnell-214452142.html

                The statement from Biden is a double-dog dare to not pass the bill. Every time Republicans cry, “Waaahh! Border scary! Biden’s fault!”, Biden is going to hold up that statement and point out that he was ready, but they refused to sign it.

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                Many immigration and border requirements are clearly spelled out in law. Laws the administration is enforcing as written. Like many other issues, Congressional Republicans have chosen not to update these at any point over the last couple decades, while also complaining about border issues, simply so they can blame any Democrat President.

                This isn’t a new issue. It’s an issue the Republicans clearly plan. As soon as a Republican is in the White House the “imminent” border issues disappear, or the President enacts some over the top fascist solution that doesn’t actually do anything for the cause. And Congress then ignores the causes again so they can complain when the Democrats inevitably regain control and are stuck spending time fixing the fuck ups instead of handling the actual causes.

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    Just seeing Alberta Canadian born Ted Cruz gone from the USA is more than enough for most of us

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        Not only is this just about the only deadnaming I support, I think we should all use the Spanish rolled “R.”

        Also it’s the only time I’d be comfortable saying “No, where are you really from?”

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          No. Sorry, I know you’re going for a joke and I don’t wanna be a buzz kill. But it’s still messed up to deadname. Doesn’t matter if they are cis, trans or an asshole.

          Look I totally agree he is a massive piece of shit. But so is Caitlyn Jenner and Blair White. Every single person everywhere has the right to their identity and to conceptualize themselves however they wish. And if we make respecting those choices, such as their name, contingent on good behavior that just signals to every trans person watching that we also have conditional respect to exist and function in society comfortable, safely and normally.

          I’m not defending Ted, he is a major PoS, but defending the concept that no one can control how they were born and those circumstances should not be a limitation on how any one wished to live their life.

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            The joke is that it is emphatically not deadnaming. It’s disregarding a preferred nickname, but calling into the discussion the topic of deadnaming because he and his culture are massively transphobic.

            I know we’re just two strangers passing in the night, but I want to be extremely clear that I would never deadname someone, regardless of their political beliefs or their stance relative to the trans community. I completely and totally respect the rights of all trans persons and for all people to define who they are.

            I will also continue to call X Twitter and refer to it as deadnaming for the same reason, but if tomorrow Elon were to come out as trans I would respect their chosen names and pronouns.

            I’m a cis gendered mostly gay man who has been active in the LGBT political and civil rights community since the days of ACT UP, I know the semiotics of genderism well enough to put together a course on it, and I’ve seen every episode of Pose.

            I know your comment was very well meant, and I am in no way criticizing you for it. It’s coming from the best of places. I just want to be very clear where I’m coming from as well.

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              Well I appreciate your collected response, it’s very common for these type of situations to turn in to a flame war. I entirely feel you and agree that Cruz is not a deadname situation. But after sitting with and pondering your response all day, I think my real rub comes down to the term deadname like thus? I’ll be the first to admit that maybe i, as a trans woman, might be too close or sensitive to be totally objective here. But while I get that you were doing a joke, steaming from it NOT being a deadname situation but treating it as one felt to me as you were thinking it’s funny to actually deadname people. And that just sorta stuck me. Maybe my reply had more to do with me than with you, but this is something I’ve seen a lot lately. It a trans person does something that makes the internet angry, suddenly to a ton of people deadnaming does become fun to them. And I felt like you were going at the same vein.

              You’re right, we are just two passing strangers. And I don’t have to like every comment in the whole of lemmy, but it felt wrong to not say something. Nagged at me when I scrolled away, so I just wanted to clarify. Even though I know those sort of relies only ever get downvotes. 😂

              So you go in peace bestie, I’m sending you all the good vibes and hope you have a wonderful day! ♥ 💕

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                Thank you so much for your thoughtful and kind response.

                You have changed my mind on the subject. As a queer person it’s easy to see us as one big community, and I know that things like humor can read totally differently than how they sound over brunch. And as I said, I have always meant that kind of parodying in an explicitly trans supporting kind of way.

                But your comment made me understand that those are not my jokes to make. We are all team rainbow, but the experiences of the trans community, especially now, belong to the trans community. While it was not my intention to trigger an emotional reaction, the fact that I did so and your very gentle and kind correction has made me resolve to not make that mistake again.

                So you changed a mind today and educated a person. Thank you, and all love to you ❤️

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        It’s really funny to me that he chose “Ted”. When’s the last time you met a Ted who didn’t suck?

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      Hey… he’s only HALF Albertan, so only half of our dumbest region. Whoever his other parent was, that person bears the rest of the responsibility for this deeply concerning narcissist.

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        Sure, it’s just hilarious that “Lyin’ Ted” tries to pretend he is a Texan, when he was clearly born in Canada 🇨🇦

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    Fun fact, there are 3 major power grids in the lower 48 united states’: the Eastern Interconnection, Western Interconnection, and Texas.

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      Another fun fact: The failure of one of those grids resulted in over 200 people freezing to death. Guess which one!

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    Please no. Some of us live here and like the US as it is. I would appreciate a change of state government, though.

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      There’s not an ice cube’s chance in hell that Texas successfully secedes. Do you remember what happened the last time some States tried to secede? The Union is about eleventy billion times more powerful than it was in 1865.

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      You know all those migrants entering your state, fleeing the shit happening back home? Follow their example, pack up and move somewhere else. Texas being shit is nothing new and that won’t change.

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        Man, do you think I’d still be here if I had any choice? I’m broke as hell, and the situation in this state isn’t making it any better.

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          Those “illegal migrants” are broke as hell too. What’s stopping you that is not stopping them? You likely have an education, a profession, heck even just citizenship and US “work experience” compared to them. And the ability to take on more credit and communicate in English. Buy the cheapest bus or plane ticket out of there and don’t stop until you get north west or east.

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            Stop using immigrants’ suffering as an excuse to do nothing about people’s suffering in Texas. The correct response is not “just move”, it is “how can I help you organize and stand up to your government.”

            I’d remind you that many of the people suffering and stuck in Texas are immigrats and their families.

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            The fact that I have a support system here that prevents me from dying. If I just pack up and move, I’m left with no home, no friends or family to rely on, no vehicle(which is the biggest reason I can’t move to begin with), and no idea where to even begin the process of getting my life back together.

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              It’s not an argument, it’s an example of other people that are in an even worse situation and it doesn’t stop them, it just shows that people saying “Oh shit’s so bad in Texas even for people like me who were born in the USA, I hate it :(” aren’t that uncomfortable after allz they just want to complain.

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        We can’t win it from the idiots if we all pack up and leave. I’m in this battleground state and I’m standing my ground. When Trump gets the nomination I’m going to do my best to remind the Republicans that I know that Trump has said he wants to become a dictator and uses the same blood purity bullshit racist rhetoric in speeches just like Hitler. I’m going to make them face the uncomfortable truth that a vote for Trump today is akin to a vote for Hitler in 1930s Germany.

        I mean the parallels are uncanny at this point. The only thing missing is Trump actually getting jail time for attempting to overthrow democracy. At least Germany had the balls to put Hitler away before his rise to power.

        The craziest part of the Republican party now is that they actually like Russia. What happened to them? Ruskie commies were the supposed mortal enemy of them until the fall of the USSR. now they want to help them? We gave the afghans a ridiculous amount of weapons and training to fight Russia and they used that later in terror attacks against us, but now we have the perfect opportunity to put the military industrial complex to use without putting Americans in the line of fire with a people that are highly unlikely to do the same as al queda. Oh but suddenly now its just too expensive to fund? Really this point needs to be driven home to all the military humping douches that would gladly suck the dick of anyone that has served in the military. Really what happened? We’re really living in a time where the party that supports the military industrial complex more is the Democrats?

        Honestly we need a new government. We have the technology to implement direct democracy. Our constitution and government are horribly outdated and the checks in the system are being pushed to the limit in all branches of federal government. Our state is failing and if we continue the ultra rich .01% billionaire class will soon rule our nation openly with impunity. We desperately need a new progressive movement.

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          Ruskie commies were the supposed mortal enemy of them

          As a Ruskie commie, I gotta say, the fact there exist people who praise Russia in the USA is absolutely fucking insane, you should really put them all into mental asylum because whatever is going in their head must be complete bonkers. I don’t mean that everyone should turn russophobe, of course, but modern Russia is objectively a complete shithole. It is a miracle that it’s still standing as a major global power, despite the government actions and post-soviet cultural heritage.

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            I don’t think most regular Republican voters praise Russia, but many Republican politicians are anti-Ukraine aid, and support policies that could help Russia. I think these politicians are somehow influenced by Russia (money? kompromat? just simply knowing Russia has effective disinformation and conspiracy theory networks?).

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              many Republican politicians are anti-Ukraine aid, and support policies that could help Russia

              The anti-Ukraine-aid(as in, not giving Ukraine military aid) I can understand. Support policies to help Russia, not so much. But what I’m talking about is I frequently see these nutjobs on Twitter who praise Putin and Russia, while piling up on Zelensky and Ukrainian media resources. Usually those seem to be some kind of religious fundamentalists who think that Russia is some kind of bastion of christian and traditional values. There are even a few who actually moved to Russia and are now used as token “Americans who fled the evil woke culture” on the Russian TV and other media. What these guys are failing to realize, though, is that what they perceive as “christian and traditional values”, are actually remnants of criminal/jail culture of the 90s where prisoners would commit homosexual acts against each other to establish hierarchy, and, outside of it, excommunicate or even murder their friends, who came out as gay, out of irrational fear of same acts being done to them. The Russian Christianity… it’s more of a “Pacification & Penitence Inc.” rather than strict adherence to any particular set of of biblical doctrines. And for Putin… if there was a contest for “inventor of the most non-binding and legally undefined terms and half-measures” he’d definitely be the winner - ffs, he hasn’t even properly declared a war to Ukraine, what “strong leader” are they talking about.

              What’s particularly cringe and really pisses me off though is when those guys try to flip Ukrainian patriotic symbolism, e.g. chanting “Slava Russia”, wearing Russian flags, or making fun of Ukrainian casualties - in Russian culture, wearing a literal flag as a cape is disrespectful, “Slava X! [to] Y slava!” originates from a nazi chant and doesn’t really make sense in Russian language, while the last one is just plain distasteful.

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                Hmm, I suspect the pro-Russian Christian people you’re seeing online are extremely-online people with mental issues, or are a part of Russia’s disinfo campaigns, or both. Most of my family are evangelical Christians, and are not pro-Russia (but, are pretty crazy about other things). Many of my friends and associates are either Protestant or Catholic, and are not pro-Russia. I’ve never seen what you talk about online (I don’t use Xitter, or TikTok), but have heard about some extremely far-right “Catholics” switching to “orthodox,” and still, those people are an extremely-online, extremely small group of people, AFAIK.

                IDK WTF you’re talking about with the prison rape shit, but it sounds very conspiratorial and homophobic. I could be ignorant, because I’m not too familiar with Russia’s domestic history, but what you are saying sounds pretty outlandish. However, I agree that religion is often used as a tool of control by the state. I.e. “religion is the opium of the masses.”

                Being against lethal aid to Ukraine could be about austerity, isolationist, or pacifist principles, but the politicians blocking the aid have no principles, and often advocate for violence elsewhere.

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            I’m sure there are plenty of good people in Russia. There are plenty of terrible governments around the globe with good people living under them. But the Russian state government really is terrible.

            When I said that really I was mocking the Republicans. As I was growing up and even today if you even mention communism or socialism they have the same reaction. It’s why I really don’t understand them suddenly being against giving aid to Ukraine to fight Russia. We can do it in Afghanistan and it’s OK even though later al queda turn against the US, but now that we can openly fund a war against Russia where that isn’t an issue suddenly now they don’t want to? I don’t get it.

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          We can't win it from the idiots if we all pack up and leave.

          At this point I don’t believe the idiots can be convinced that their choice is bad unless it blows up in their face because everyone else left.

          I don’t know if you’ve ever met a family where one kid got major drug/mental health issues that landed then in the street? After so many times trying to save them, I’ve never known a family that didn’t decide to just stop and wait on their child to be ready to save themself, otherwise it’s the rest of the family that would rip itself apart.

          What I’m saying is, your State is full of people with mental health issues and it’s spreading and it might be a good idea to move out before they rip you apart. Hell, they’re already doing it to migrants, if you think they won’t come after “the commies that vote for the Democrats” at some point then you’re much more optimistic than I am.

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            I understand but I disagree. Martin Luther King was starting to try to turn those same idiots before he died. I believe he really could have. There are other charismatic leaders that could today.

            The billionaire class knows that as soon as people stop fighting left vs right and instead unite and organize bottom vs top that they’re completely outnumbered. Yes convincing the temporarily embarrassed millionaires in the US does seem impossible. But I won’t give up hope.

            The previous presidential election was closer than ever in Texas. Sure the voting districts are gerrymandered to hell. But if people would just register and vote I believe the democrats could turn this state at both federal and state level regardless of how districts are drawn. Ted Cruz is up for election and I think this time he may also really lose. But if everyone sane just packed up and left then the idiots really do win.

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            Please go look up independent polls of single issue opinions in Texas, then go look up what voter suppression is.

            Do you realize how many people you are telling to “just leave” regardless of means or ability to do so. It is not a viable “solution”. There are activists groups all over the state that are making changes, but they need help, not derision.

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        “But why don’t the slaves just move?”

        This is the sickest, most inhuman mindset. You don’t care about immigrants. You don’t care about the people in Texas. And you sure as hell don’t care about what is happening to immigrants in Texas.

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            If I had to guess, I’d say that they were talking about how it’s barely affordable just to live in some places (wage slaves), and moving yourself and your family to an entire other state takes substantial time and money. Not to mention the emotional difficulty of leaving everyone and everything you know.

            The same argument was made about recently freed slaves who had nowhere to go afterward, and how they should just move if they don’t like the continuing slavery-like treatment where they lived.

            It does seem very cold and privileged from that perspective to tell someone to just up and leave, but this specific comparison seems unnecessarily impassioned

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              Nailed it on every front.

              I thank you for taking the time to make a good faith untangling of my admittedly heated comment. I admire the patience you have to fully explain what I could not be bothered to articulate.

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      The GOP would never be able to win the electoral college without Texas. So that’s why it will never happen.

      But maybe we can trick Abbot, he might be stupid enough to fall for it?

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      I don’t know if it’s legally possible, but even if it was, it would never actually work. Texas is propped up with federal funding, our electric grid is slowly failing, and most people who wanted to stay a citizen of the United States would leave if they were able, which would completely fuck the job market, and leave mostly people who want to be Texans rather than Americans, and those people can’t run shit (hence the economicand infrastructure problems we already have). Or maybe I’m just talking out of my ass, idk. That’s my opinion as somebody who lives in Texas against their will.

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      Not sure if US law has a provision for this. Brexit was relatively orderly because the EU made sure there’s a process for it.

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        Absolutely positive the US does NOT have a provision for this. We fought a little war about it once.

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      I think the only two ways this can happen are is the federal government agrees to the succession or succession by force (aka civil war).

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        This is correct. Unless of course the Supreme Court overturns the decisions by previous Supreme Courts.

        Has anyone checked on Harlan Crow’s opinion on this?

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    Ok sorry if this is a stupid question, but why not let them?

    It seems like the biggest concern is a humanitarian one - that sane people who remain in Texas will be worse off - but it significantly improves that same problem for everyone else in the union. And a war would possibly be even worse for sane Texans. It would be cheaper to subsidize relocation costs.

    I just don’t get why we’d fight to keep them, or pretty much any state these days. They don’t have slavery, and there’s nothing huge that we were right about to change.

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      There would be significant economic disruption for all parties. People seem to think that’s no big deal, but it is.

      Are you willing to lose your job because someone gets a hard-on when they see a picture of the Alamo? People that are brave on the internet will say that they’re fine with that, but in real life they don’t actually want that.

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        Legal Eagle did a video on this and brought up some interesting points I dont see very often.

        1. What happens to all the Federally-Owed land and military bases in Texas?

        2. What happens to Shared assets like the gold on Fort Knox?

        3. What happens with the National Debt?

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          Yes, if there were a hypothetical US military base, hypothetically called Fort Sumter, where there’s US military stationed in a state that hypothetically seceded, how would that play out, hypothetically speaking? :P

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            Assuming it was a peacefull succession. Negotiations etc. Really not to difficult to resolve.

            Of course the reality is no one in power in Texas really wants to go independent. They want to use the threat to try and controll the federal government. And or They are just using there supporters to gain a foot hold on some power.

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              Well yeah, all issues can be resolved via negotiation. But the key is both parties have to negotiate in good faith. And many times secessionists want to have their cake and eat it too.

              I’m Canadian and we’ve seen this kind of thing with both Quebec and Alberta. Alberta is basically Canada’s Texas (right wing, they got oil) and like Texas the secessionist tendencies aren’t all that serious.

              With Quebec it’s a little more serious. But people still have weird ideas about what being a country means. We’ll still have Canadian passports, right? No you won’t. The federal government employs a lot of people in Quebec, those jobs aren’t going away, right? Uhhh… those jobs are leaving to go somewhere in Canada. Also there’s indication from the private sector from companies like Air Canada that they will be moving their head offices to somewhere in Canada. Oh, and by the way, Quebec is going to have take on a percentage of the national debt equal to the the percentage of Quebec’s population in Canada.

              A lot of these things are just about emotion. I feel pride for Texas! I hate liberals! We should be our own country! But when you get down to the nuts and bolts of it, it takes all the fun out of it and it goes away.

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                Lol, I don’t know where you get your information, but Quebecers who are for separation, like me, don’t think they’ll still have a Canadian passport, nor a job in the federal government. The fact that many in Canada would think we’re that dumb only reinforces my conviction for separation. Dont get me wrong I think most Canadian people are really nice and I love them as brothers, but I just dont think they understand or care about our culture.

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        My job security would improve tremendously if we fought a war to keep them, so I’m trying to keep that from biasing me.

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      Because you lose some major shipping ports and oil refineries, and you’d have to share a border with a hostile neighbor.

      Texas contributes more to the US economy than you’d think.

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        Also they breezed over the humanitarian reason, but well over 50% of Texas would never dream of seceding and would be worse off for it, it’s not like worrying about there being a few good eggs in the bunch.

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          As a Native Texan leftist, please don’t devolve in to tribalism “them” includes a huge diversity of people who don’t agree with the insanity some fellow Texans spout.

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            This right here. Right-wing politics require oppression of an underclass or other. The first steps would be likely be to turn inward and mass murder and/or imprison/enslave dissidents and minorities. This is not sustainable, however, as there are only so many that can be oppressed in one place without hitting critical mass, and that’s not even getting into the economics or other factors.

            So, like all other right-wing governments, they would be forced into expansionist/imperialist action. This would probably start with trying to annex a swath of Mexico, but could, if the politicians are the “true believer” type, rather than pragmatic sociopaths, it could well be the Midwest. In the first case, we likely end up with a new narco-state with oil fields in cartel hands, and a long, intractible insurgency. In the latter, the RoT gets curb-stomped by NATO and/or other coalition forces. Either way, lots of non-combatants suffer unnecessarily.

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      Maintaining the union is important. Without solidifying that every state is in it together, the federal government loses it’s power, then states start to push the limits, not paying taxes here, disobeying federal law there.

      If we wanted to let states secede, we would have formed a Confederacy, or not a country at all. As it stands now, the US government will always fight for a United States, as to not do so puts everything in jeopardy. Maybe you don’t think that’s the best action overall, but until the US government is reformed under a heavily modified constitution that probably won’t happen.

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        Worth noting the US government needs indevidual US citize s to fight for that United States.

        The % of citizens who feel the constitution is likely due for some change. While not near the 66% in 50 states needed to change it, is likely enough to seriously effect the resources forcing other to follow it.

        Even congress and the senate are far from 100% in agreement. Or ever likely to be on such things. The further from the head of the snake you go. The more likely the US military is to question orders to attack domestic targets.

        A d lets face it. Any attempt by the military to force orders in a situation like that, where the enemy is considered to be a part of your own team by a significant % of the people pulling tigers and dropping the actual bombs. Will harm rather then rebuild that unity.

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      They partner with an enemy of the US who now gets a presence in mainland North America at the US’s doorstep making infiltration to the US, etc. even easier.

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      The only other good reason to fight to keep them, is to prevent their government from going fully insane and doing horrible things. But that’s the sort of thing that would need intervention if and when it happens.

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        I’m not. That’s one of the humanitarian issues the might worsen for the rest of the union if they stay.

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    Hey now - Texas has the state guard too - do you think the entire weight of the Pentagon, it’s carrier strike groups, and multiple branches of well-funded modern military is any match for ~1,600 good ol’ boys?

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      Also worth noting of that -1600. A fair % have family friends and even lovers not living in texas. In 2024 with easy transport etc and cheap communication. It really is impossible for any state to relly on its own current resources. Things would shuffle hugely in the lead up and post the first attacks. Likely the 1600 would grow from good old boys joining. But experience and command structure would be a mess for a while.

      Of course US forces would see the same but less so. Some would have friends and relatives in texas. Many would bulk at the domestic part of foreign and domestic.

      Professionals.s following orders can only go so far as far as preventing personal politics.

      Even in the civil war many refused allegence to the side they were expected to fight for. With Internet and more communication of the 2000s. Allegiances will be less not more founded.

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    if texas did secede the federal US government would be blue for decades LMFAO. granted, texas is getting bluer by the day but still.

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    In total war Warhammer, when playing as Karl Franz, what was the phrase that the advisor said as soon as the game began, when you had to deal with the secessionists at the south? Open dissent will not be tolerated or something? I thought of that when reading this post for some reason xD lol lmao

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        Hell if I know, actually :( I just play the total war games. I think there are some books and other games from the fantasy franchise, if I recall my time taking a look at the lore using YouTube videos.

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    The missiles at night

    Are big and bright

    Launched at the heart of Texas

    Anyway good luck being a large economy with no trade partners and ports blockaded.