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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (21 children)

I think if Texas pulled the trigger on secession, there’d be a few states that joined up with them, I don’t know that it’d be the entire US against just one state. If they seriously went for it, it’d probably be because they thought they had enough strength in numbers.

Unfortunately for them though, Republican-leaning states tend to have lower populations and wouldn’t really be able to provide much help. Florida I guess has a big population too, but not sure how helpful they’d be either with their demographics.

On the plus side though, we could potentially clear out alot of these MAGA idiots in office, assuming we actually started punishing people for insurrection.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago (9 children)

The larger the state, the more internal resistance there will be. Not everyone in Texas or Florida will want to secede, and everybody can buy a gun. It's one thing to gather some pride boys and meal team six larpers in the town square and march around for a bit, but it's an entirely other thing to defend territory when you're outnumbered, outgunned, and half the population is against you.

Oklahoma and Arkansas might be up for it, but there's no way secessionists hold Miami or Austin.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So you're saying Texas is big enough that they'd Yo Dawg their civil war?

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is most ridiculous way to describe society dissolving into each street fighting those next to it.

It's perfect.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Civil wars over civil wars? USA should just move to middle east lmao

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