• The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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    11 months ago

    I’m always baffled by how people point out succession as illegal as if it’s expected or common otherwise that bits of a country can break away whenever they feel like it.

    Would an independent Texas care if there was never a Republican president of a country they had left? Or would the see it as just rewards for those that those to stay there?

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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      11 months ago

      Without ideological allies running the US, Texas would be very isolated, like Britain after Brexit.