• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Oh yes please. The next hurricane that hits we won’t have to pay for, and when they freeze or melt because their electrical grid collapses we can just watch.

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      11 months ago

      Texas is one of the few financially functional red states so that wouldn’t be a concern. No clue whether they’d maintain their finances if they seceded.

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        11 months ago

        How financially functional do you think they’ll be when they lose all the trade agreements of the US and the ability to freely trade with the other states?

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          11 months ago

          I have no clue, and anyone on the internet who says they do is dubious at best. It’s an incredibly complex question.

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          11 months ago

          Do they still have lots of oil?

          That’s a fairly widely traded commodity so probably would help buffer against impacts on other industries of trade instability. Though they might have to consider higher tax on oil or something.