• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The U.S. government has a professional army. They have nothing. And when the vast majority of the country lives paycheck-to-paycheck, you’re not going to get a lot of (male, obviously, 'cause ladies is too fragile) bodies on the front lines when people can barely feed their kids on two incomes. Not without a draft. Good luck with that, Texas.

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      9 months ago

      I dont think you know about the rednecks in Texas. They all have guns and have played Call of Duty. That makes them enough of a trained militia in their eyes to make a go at it.

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        It’s not about what they believe they’re capable of, it’s about what they can actually afford to do. If you have two kids and a house you’re just barely able to afford and are in a large amount of debt despite both adults in the household working full time jobs, you’re not likely going to let your kids starve in order to fight a war of secession.

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          Yeah, sure, but you see, it’s all THE LIBRULS’ FAULT, so you basically MUST go to war to show 'em.

          1. Punish the enemy for all the things I blame them for

          2. ???

          3. Profit!

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      9 months ago

      Presumably they’d be expecting a bunch of folks in the US military with roots in Texas to defect and join them.

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      Now I wonder. Does Texas even have the ability to draft people into its own “army?” I’m sure they’d have plenty of volunteers itching to fight “the gubment,” but the Selective Service my friends were a part of was for the US military.

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        I suppose if they secede, they can do whatever they want. They will claim sovereignty. So I suppose they could have a draft. I just don’t think it would work out well for them.