Texas has already repatriated it’s gold reserve. And is in the process to building a depository for precious metals.
Is that a first step? You can answer that question yourself.
The US Dollar is the medium of exchange for the petroleum industry. May not always be so.
>>Is that a first step? You can answer that question yourself.
The US Dollar is the medium of exchange for the petroleum industry. May not always be so.<<
The question that led the thread was: Can Texas LEGALLY secede from the U.S.
The answer is No. Unqualified, unquestionably, no. There isn’t even a mechanism to do so. But if Texas were to somehow “apply” for Secession, the answer would be No (starting at Texas v. White op. cit. and probably going on for hundreds of pages).
Now the question SHOULD Texas be able to secede and, if so, HOW would it secede is interesting, if masturbatory.
As I noted above, Texas would be unable to move its oil so it would have few if any resources available. That is just off the top of my head.