On 12/21/21 2:13 PM, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
> Up front: I am not American so am speaking from a position of
> ignorance.
>
> Reading various things in comments sections (I know, don't read the
> comments...) tells me there's a secession movement in Texas and
> presumably some appetite for it in states that were in the
> Confederacy.
Current discussions of secession have nothing to do with the
Confederacy, nor are such discussion confined to such areas
of the country. A few Left activists in "blue" states proposed
separating from Trump-voting "flyover" country before 2020.
However, all such discussions are very much fringe.
> I can't see a single state like Texas having a viable economy on its
> own but am I wrong here?
Why? Texas is much larger than most sovereign nations. And nothing
woould prevent Texas from trading with other countries. Nearly all
national economies are dependent on foreign trade, i.e. would not
be viable "on their own".
> Would the requirement to fund border control
> and all the bureaucracy of self management plus funding education and
> health be too much?
Compared to the present burden on Texas of federal taxation?
> What about multiple states? HOw many contiguous states would need to
> secede to have a chance at making a go of it?
In what sense? Politically it is a complete non-starter regardless.
--- Nous sommes dans une pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés.
--- General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot at Sedan, 1870.