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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

if they secede we'll have to update all the flags. what a pain. maybe we could just add in puerto rico really quick

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 21 points 10 months ago

Would rather have Puerto Rico anyway. Texas will return to being Mexico pretty swiftly and that's probably better for everyone.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Mexico won't want them. My bets are they break into even more countries, some of which get incorporated into the US and Mexico. Then the remains become a lawless region because they don't have the money to fight the cartels. So we get a military occupation on our southern border. Nobody comes away happy but the MIC.

Which given the arc of history in the post WW2 period is, I believe, the best indicator of how things will go.

[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 3 points 10 months ago

Gonna look like the stupid guy here, what does MIC stand for?

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Meh, just means you're one of the 10,000 today.

Military Industrial Complex.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So, which Texans want to have reliable electricity?

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Mexico already has enough oil

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