At this time, secession is more of a metaphor than something practical, since, for starters, in order to have a peaceful secession, we’d have to take our share of the National Debt, which comes out to about $100,000 for every man, woman, and child.
Then, of course, is the fact that the Democrats DO NOT want a ‘Two-State Solution’ where Texas and the US live peacefully side-by-side (similar to the Palestinians not wanting a ‘Two-State Solution’), as they know they cannot justify their tyranny with a free country located right next to them. The Democrats simply want us dead, or, if not immediately practical, for us to be their slaves. So that means we, in Texas, would require outside help, perhaps from Mexico, although I doubt they’re inclined to help.
Ok, now that I’ve explained why we won’t have secession any time soon, that doesn’t mean support for the concept is meaningless. As was pointed out by some genius (but not me, in this case), support for Trump’s Wall was a metaphor, as it meant that whoever was supporting The Wall (and meant it) understood just how bad Illegal Immigration was and was willing to go all out to fix the problem. Similar here - the idea of dividing up the US was out of the question for most of our lifetimes, but then we also didn’t spend years in jail for simply attending a rally and following police instructions.
So the bottom line is that any Republican who tells us to f-off when we talk secession isn’t worth our vote, as they are part of the problem...and they give it away by not even understanding why secession is even being discussed.
Thanks. Side point, The Federal government will never pay off 5he national debt.
Secession will happen at some point. The US empire is too big and unstable.
That is one side of the ledger; what about the asset side of the ledger.
The federal government owns 61 percent of Alaska; how much is that land, oil, gas, and gold worth and what percent of that is to be returned to the people of Texas when the assets are distributed during the divorce.
The federal government owns much more including 27 percent of all the land in the United States - plus a lot of buildings, military equipment, and mineral rights, and highways. Texas helped to pay for a lot of that and are entitled to remuneration to help offset their portion of the federal debt.
It may turn out the federal government owes Texas more than Texas owes the feds.