That being said, it doesn’t take a whole lot of imagination to predict the trajectory of a “Republic of Texas” under the leadership of the state’s current crop of GOP disaster-artists.
—Brain-drain? Check.
—Over-reliance on the energy sector? Check.
—The rollback of women’s rights, LGBTQ protections, and other civil rights? Check, check, and check.
Economic and social dislocation from a Texan secession would be severe. All the ingredients for a Venezuela-style disaster in the (current) world’s 9th largest economy are right there.
But I encourage them to try out their bold experiment in right-wing radicalism. Might be instructive for their compatriots on the American of the border.
And it would turn the rest of the U.S. solid blue!
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