>>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.
Well, Texas has huge refining capability and it has large ports and it is The Place for Oil Industry technology and manufacturing.
This is all a waste of bandwidth. I have never been for Secession. And one of my ancestors was born in TX during the Republic. Others fought in the American Revolution.
But you can take this to the bank. If we cannot overcome the leftist crap soon, all bets are indeed off.
“Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may.”
-Sam Houston
And some things simply do not change. This is one of them.
Prior to becoming a state Texas was an independent nation. An agreement between two or more independent nations is a treaty. Under international law any party to a treaty can nullify/withdraw from that treaty. So yes Texas, under international law recognized by the USA, can secede.
and no Texas did not give up for all eternity it's right to be an independent republic should the people of Texas decide to once again be an independent republic.