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Texas real talk
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:23 pm
While a Texit would be amazing we all know it's not possible. However, there is a provision which grants Texas the ability to split itself into up to four states. If the Dems really do try and add D.C. and Puerto Rico what are the odds Texas moves to split to maintain balance?
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Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:25 pm to RandySavage
Build a wall around Austin for the 1st state. The other 3 states would be conservative then.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:26 pm to FriscoKid_TA
And Houston. And Dallas.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:27 pm to RandySavage
Real talk is Texas is the only state that could conveniently leave because it is coastal and most of the state has its own power grid.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:28 pm to zatetic
Legally they cannot. However, they can legally split.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:30 pm to RandySavage
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Legally they cannot.
You haven't been watching lately when it comes to legally anything have you?
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:31 pm to RandySavage
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legally they cannot
One could argue the validity of the U.S. Constitution is now null and void due to the fact that no one is following it.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:31 pm to RandySavage
Texas doesn’t want to leave the US. It’s sucking Cali and New York dry of talent right now.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 3:31 pm to RandySavage
It seems like a good idea and if I was a Texan I would be a huge proponent of this... but these kind of movements are easily infiltrated and could turn into a huge LARP then discredited and destroyed
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:08 pm to Tigers1984
Play it out. Texas splits. New York, Illinois, California, etc. love it because they'll never lose another election. They can move the country farther left. Big win for them. Downside...other states will want to join TX.
Texas would become the law and order, pro business, traditional education, anti welfare state country.
Conservatives from the United States would flood into the new country and democrats would flow out. In two generations everything would be normal to the people left in the two countries.
As for Texas splitting into five states, the best you could hope for is 3-2 conservative advantage and it would take away Texas' current advantages of being such a big state making a TX split highly unlikely.
Texas would become the law and order, pro business, traditional education, anti welfare state country.
Conservatives from the United States would flood into the new country and democrats would flow out. In two generations everything would be normal to the people left in the two countries.
As for Texas splitting into five states, the best you could hope for is 3-2 conservative advantage and it would take away Texas' current advantages of being such a big state making a TX split highly unlikely.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:11 pm to ATCTx
Don't forget Texas has 15 military bases with serious firepower at its disposal.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:19 pm to BamaFinland
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One could argue the validity of the U.S. Constitution is now null and void due to the fact that no one is following it.
Good point. Texas should succeed to social distance from other states. You know, COVID and all...
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:23 pm to RandySavage
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we all know it's not possible.
Not with that attitude.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:26 pm to cokebottleag
So now it's legal? What about 1861?
Does this make Lincoln a war criminal?
Does this make Lincoln a war criminal?
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:26 pm to cardboardboxer
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It’s sucking Cali and New York dry of talent
Talent? Is that what you call them?
Word of advice Texas...let them keep their "talent".
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:27 pm to RandySavage
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we all know it's not possible
Not only is it possible, it’s going to happen.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:27 pm to RandySavage
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Legally they cannot
The state can hold a referendum and should it win, they can declare independence. Once they declare independence, there is nothing the SCOTUS can technically do, since the government of Texas will have de facto become another country.
If this was the 1800s, the US would of course take Texas back by force of arms. But its 2021, and peaceful succession of provinces from western powers, even ones they have held for hundreds of years, is common place now. In fact, it is the norm, not the exception.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:29 pm to ATCTx
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Texas would become the law and order, pro business, traditional education, anti welfare state country. Conservatives from the United States would flood into the new country and democrats would flow out. In two generations everything would be normal to the people left in the two countries.
I can dig all that. Where do I sign up?
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:31 pm to RandySavage
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we all know it's not possible
Santa Ana says Hola amigo.
Posted on 1/8/21 at 4:32 pm to cajuncarguy
Cut welfare and offer tickets to Calif. where the free stuff is better for all of the free loaders.
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