31 points

The US just releases a public statement that says they value their alliance with Mexico and have no intention of interfering with their politics or their military.

the ghost of Santa Anna starts dancing

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„If Texas becomes independent from the US we consider any conflict between them and Mexico an internal matter of Mexico.“

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They wouldn’t get to keep US military hardware …

I think they might keep National guard stuff, but that’s it.

They don’t keep their border/port security, air trafficker controllers, all types of stuff.

Not to mention the quality of people who would flee to America, and the type of people to join Texas.

Even just economic sanctions from the US would destroy the wealthy Texans, they do t have their own international banking systems in Texas.

Like, they’d be left with a couple local credit unions. International chains would eventually operate there, but if Texas became a new country, there’s a process banking has to follow to operate there.

It’s just idiots that have never left Texas, think nothing would change if no one left Texas.

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I feel like Texas is pretty well armed

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Probably not well trained. Though it’d probably be a toss up on whether they can take the Mexican army.

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25 points

Imagine if we built a wall to keep out Texans

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5 points

Classic line from John Lennon’s hit song 😂

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A guy can dream.

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Texas has Austin, Dallas, and oil. All three are things we’d like to keep; the first two are mainly dragged down by the rest of the state, and the rest of the US still needs the last, for now.

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You forgot Houston, the blue spot that their politicians are trying to remove the vote from. Literally. It’s horrendous.

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3rd/4th largest city in the country (constantly back and forth with Chicago) and Houston is always somehow forgotten 😢

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If I was associated with Texas, I’d also rather be forgotten…

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San Antonio is the best city in Texas. Puffy tacos, street tacos, crispy tacos, breakfast tacos, …

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I’d vote for San Antonio as the new Capitol 🌮

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5 points

remove the military bases and their gdp goes way down.

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And prisons

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14 points

They would get invaded for their oil

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If Texas wants to leave, let them.

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And then we can conquer them and turn them into a protectorate. We’ll swap in PR or DC as the fiftieth state, so we don’t need to update the flag.

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Well its gonna be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missoura.

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