HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTexas independence vote is imminent, group's leader sayswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down119
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minus-squarePlasterAnalyst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoWe’ll leave it there for convenience when we invade since they will be an unstable oil rich nation in need of freedom.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoUgh, no, let them stay out. We don’t need a Resource Trap country to try nation-building on, pretty sure we already tried that one.
minus-squareOsa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoNot 80s-90s era ‘nation building’, 40s era reconstruction. If nazi germany is salvageable we can probably figure texas out with the correct level of commitment.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSounds like a good way to start getting us off that oil teat to be honest.
We’ll leave it there for convenience when we invade since they will be an unstable oil rich nation in need of freedom.
Ugh, no, let them stay out. We don’t need a Resource Trap country to try nation-building on, pretty sure we already tried that one.
Not 80s-90s era ‘nation building’, 40s era reconstruction. If nazi germany is salvageable we can probably figure texas out with the correct level of commitment.
Sounds like a good way to start getting us off that oil teat to be honest.