• SapphironZA@lemmings.world
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      11 months ago

      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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      11 months ago

      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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        11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

      The south tried to secede and we fought a war about it, so no, pretty sure it’s not possible.

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        11 months ago

        That wasn’t my question. It was whether it is theoretically possible or not. Brexit was a peaceful event with all its checks and processes in place.

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          The EU had a documented process for a member state to leave. It was untested and messy, but it existed.

          There’s no legal basis for a state to leave the US. Now it’s possible we let it happen despite this, with or without armed conflict, but it’s hard to imagine a hypothetical Texit not being messier than Brexit ever was