The first time around, Texas went bankrupt in 10 years. I doubt they’d manage to last half as long on a second attempt. I dislike Washington myself, but the bumblefucks here in Texas could only be worse at diplomacy.
Then, there’s the issue of nuclear deterrence… a Texas without nukes would be subject to being steamrolled by whoever decides they want to try, and a Texas with nukes is scarier than the invasion that would end if as a republic.
Oh, and let’s not forget that in such a climate, Texas would just let the Russian intelligence agents in to do whatever they like. Zero institutional knowledge of counter-intelligence and a big “fuck you” attitude towards the only government that has any capacity at all to do something about that. Which I suppose, is the entire point of the secession instigation coming out of Moscow.
The first time around, Texas went bankrupt in 10 years. I doubt they’d manage to last half as long on a second attempt. I dislike Washington myself, but the bumblefucks here in Texas could only be worse at diplomacy.
Then, there’s the issue of nuclear deterrence… a Texas without nukes would be subject to being steamrolled by whoever decides they want to try, and a Texas with nukes is scarier than the invasion that would end if as a republic.
Oh, and let’s not forget that in such a climate, Texas would just let the Russian intelligence agents in to do whatever they like. Zero institutional knowledge of counter-intelligence and a big “fuck you” attitude towards the only government that has any capacity at all to do something about that. Which I suppose, is the entire point of the secession instigation coming out of Moscow.