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Texas independence vote is imminent, group's leader says (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So nowhere in the article is it mentioned that the supposed "Texas right to secede" is actually bullshit, and a complete misunderstanding of the actual right that they have, which is to be broken up into five separate states.

Except even that is bullshit, because it was talking about the Texas Territory, which was larger than modern day Texas.

The constitution clearly says that;

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

So yes, Texas could request to be broken up, but congress still needs to okay it.

Now, as to the "right to secede", that bullshit was settled with the Civil War, States do not have the right to secede, not even Texas.

Republicans like to pretend the Civil War never happened, and want a repeat, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: The UK isn't allowed to leave the EU. There's no mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a difference between having no official mechanism, and having the largest military in the world knock on your door to tell you that you can't do something.

If Texas really truly tried to leave the United States, it would be war, and they would not win.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To clarify:

Even if an unambiguous majority of Texas would say "we'd like to turn Texas into an independent country", you'd rather force them to stay by force of arms?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don't get to steal hundreds of thousands of miles of land from a country and wander off. War would happen. Would I like it? No, war is terrible.

Plus, they wouldn't survive. Let's say we didn't retake our land. The inevitable embargo would destroy them. War is war. Financial war is also kinda war.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Cool country with cool rules. Wait, no the opposite.