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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wholly uncritical, unconditional support to the Texans in their attempts to balkanize the Great Satan, just do it already! All these reactionaries are sowing are the seeds for imperialism's demise.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

C'mon, balkanize already.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Does anyone know how much nuclear infrastructure is in there?

In case they secesseed they may not be able to take the nukes or they might have to give them later, but even if they keep them it might not be easy to take control of them unless they already have some infrastucture to do it. Although, if things get violent in a possible secessionist scenario, there would also be a possibility that such infrustructure or the nukes themselves get bombed before they can be used.

Either way, hope they actually try to get out.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know how much nuclear infrastructure is in there?

Virtually all of it. The Pantex plant where the overwhelming majority of nuclear weapons are assembled and disassembled is in the Texas Panhandle.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Now I want to see them try to leave even more.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

secesseed

Seeseepee is behind this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Texas seceding would instantly start rapid balkanization of, if not civil war throughout, the country. And that would cost a lot of people a lot of money. It'll never happen but if it does stock up on beans and bullets.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is my usage of comma's correct? I'm too high to tell

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

FIFY

Texas seceding would instantly start rapid balkanization of, if not civil war throughout, the country, and that would cost a lot of people a lot of money. It’ll never happen, but if it does, stock up on beans and bullets.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

The oligarchs likely figure they can exploit people and resources easier without federal oversight.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

Because the rest of the country isn't openly fascist enough.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"One lesson from Texas history is that repression was so severe because resistance was so daunting-a lesson to keep in mind as this century unfolds"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

JUST GO ALREADY

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

In Texas they are building a large artillery shell factory for Ukraine...I wonder if there are other reasons as well.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wait, is Texas pulling a Quebec?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just wait until the then-president pulls a Trudeau (Senior) by declaring martial law to put an end to the separatists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Better yet, just wait until the then-president pulls a Elensky Special™ and keeps martial law up to remain POTUS indefinitely. I could see either side being driven to do this at this point tbh (to avoid prosecution)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I wonder, if Biden did declare martial law, if it would cause civil war to break out…