"If there comes a point where it’s hopeless, then I think we take NASA, we take the military, we take the oil,” Cruz told an audience at Texas A&M University.
Every person I've ever met who discusses Texas secession seriously means it in terms of creating a white ethno-state and all the other goofy stuff is cover. Also they're completely delusional when they talk about taking things that rely upon infrastructure that would vanish the second Texas is a separate country. Yes you'll take NASA and the military with what, Texan national guard troops who signed up for healthcare and order them to fire upon US marines who signed up for the GI bill and this will someone force the US to transfer all federal property in Texas to the newly established Serene Christian Anglo Republic of Texas. They'll just hand over all the ports and all trade partners will continue to send their boats to Houston and Port Arthur because they're just nice and believe in good old Texan values. Texas will of course maintain the same financial status as they currently enjoy and won't immediately sink into debt.
My cousins are secessionists and they always talk about it in vague terms of pride and heritage, nothing they actually need. There's no genuine political project that anyone here believes in. No one is legitimately trying to secede because it's not on anyone's material interests. It's always a smokescreen to talk about how much one wants a weird white Christian theocratic Texas and doesn't go any further than that.
Every person I've ever met who discusses Texas secession seriously means it in terms of creating a white ethno-state and all the other goofy stuff is cover. Also they're completely delusional when they talk about taking things that rely upon infrastructure that would vanish the second Texas is a separate country. Yes you'll take NASA and the military with what, Texan national guard troops who signed up for healthcare and order them to fire upon US marines who signed up for the GI bill and this will someone force the US to transfer all federal property in Texas to the newly established Serene Christian Anglo Republic of Texas. They'll just hand over all the ports and all trade partners will continue to send their boats to Houston and Port Arthur because they're just nice and believe in good old Texan values. Texas will of course maintain the same financial status as they currently enjoy and won't immediately sink into debt.
My cousins are secessionists and they always talk about it in vague terms of pride and heritage, nothing they actually need. There's no genuine political project that anyone here believes in. No one is legitimately trying to secede because it's not on anyone's material interests. It's always a smokescreen to talk about how much one wants a weird white Christian theocratic Texas and doesn't go any further than that.
The "SECEDE!" bumper stickers became popular beginning in November 2008 and that tells you everything you need to know.