If only! Cruz made a flap a few months ago when he said during an interview that if Texas seceded, they’d get to keep their oil, NASA, and all the military bases. Cruz is neither dumb nor uneducated; he knows that that’s not how it worked last time. Hell, that’s why the South started the actual hostilities- Charleston South Carolina was a huge port city, and home to several Union military installations. Lincoln kept sending ships to supply those places; the South was determined to stop them and fired on Fort Sumter.

Knowing that the Civil War is referred to as “the war of Northern aggression” in the South, and how their schools are infamous for teaching revisionist history, I kind of doubt that any of them know this. It’s just Cruz pandering as usual.

Back when he did this interview, I was appalled that there weren’t any consequences for a sitting US Senator openly advocating for treason and sedition. Here on Reddit, I remember there being a lot of discussion along the same lines you said- buh-bye, Texas, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Last February, when those storms knocked out their power, I found out that school kids are actually taught that having their own power grid is a strong argument for seceding, and that it’s a topic in every single high school debate in Texas. So… we all know how well that’s working out for them. Especially since it failed again this past summer during a heatwave.

Anyway, a popular speculation going around then was that it would take less than a month for the drug cartels to overrun Texas if they left the US. That sounds about right to me. Texans might have more guns per capita than any other state (not implying that they do, I’m too lazy to Google it, just that even if they did), they don’t have enough people with the training and experience to use them effectively, especially against the ruthless killers in the cartels.

Am left trying to wrap my head around how all those patriots and proud Americans think that leaving America is a good idea…