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Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154880
Ciaran 
Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
@BlitztheDragon
I mean, you could chop it up quite a bit … but … yeah.
I mean, you could chop it up quite a bit … but … yeah.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154879
BlitztheDragon
In short, the right has a better chance of making the States of Jefferson and Greater Idaho a reality than reviving the Republic of Texas.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154878
Ciaran
Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
Texas gives more than it takes
Only New Mexico pays less in taxes than it receives in support, so that’s not a big claim.
That said, a third of Texas’s state budget is paid for by the Federal government.
From 2000 to 2015, federal funds comprised between 29.9 and 40.8 percent of all Texas state revenue, and averaged about 34 percent … OMB reports state governments received federal grants totaling more than $661 billion in 2016. The Comptroller’s most recent Annual Cash Report estimated that 35.5 percent of Texas’ net revenue for fiscal 2016 came from the federal government Texas Comptroler
Then there’s the billions in federal assistance for Hurricane Harvey, and the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act together sent $76.7 billion to Texas. So, the Federal support to Texas may be higher now than it was in 2016.
@igotnopicks
I don’t think the US government would be happy letting a ‘foreign state’ control their only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility (Pantex Plant). And I’m pretty sure Texas wouldn’t be happy having “some other country’s” nukes, military bases, naval yards, and other military installations inside their boundaries.
I don’t think the US government would be happy letting a ‘foreign state’ control their only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility (Pantex Plant). And I’m pretty sure Texas wouldn’t be happy having “some other country’s” nukes, military bases, naval yards, and other military installations inside their boundaries.
People talking about secession today are just crazy. State succession, maybe. But the actual process of successfully seceding from the union, after decades of federal investment in the military–industrial complex in every state to “spread the money and jobs around” is just nuts.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154877
igotnopicks
Monado User
@Zincy
Well if Texas did seceed from the Union again the US would be forced to take back all the land by force and force Texas to seperate into 5/4 seperate states.
Well if Texas did seceed from the Union again the US would be forced to take back all the land by force and force Texas to seperate into 5/4 seperate states.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154875
Zincy 
In Vino Veritas
People often use the “Texas gives more than it takes” argument for secession. Ignoring the fact that is a poor metric for determining sustainability.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154874
SleepySteve 
Apples and Pears
Quite literally no one believes secession would work, especially since it didn’t work the first time.
Even most of those who support keeping Confederate monuments up (which they shouldn’t) or don’t believe they fought to keep slavery (which they did) will tell you that in hindsight the Confederacy was an awful idea and they don’t want it back.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154873
Latecomer
@Background Pony #9C9C
Nope - even besides the mass of federal resources to split, the divisions are too urban/rural. You wouldn’t get self-sufficient states.
Nope - even besides the mass of federal resources to split, the divisions are too urban/rural. You wouldn’t get self-sufficient states.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154872
omeggga
<-Unironic jpg avatar
Ukraine will get long range ATACMS missiles with this aid package.
Without permission to strike inside Russia their effectiveness will be limited.
Still, better than nothing though. Good to see the US somewhat going gloves-off for once.
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they’ve tried everything else.”
-Winston Churchill
-Winston Churchill
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154871
lonewolf 
U mad?
It’s confirmed. Ukraine will get long range ATACMS missiles with this aid package. Putler’s goons better be ready to die.
And contrary to what Magats think, not all of the money is going directly to Ukraine. 23.2 billion will go to replenishing US arms stocks, while an equal amount goes to Ukraine. The rest is:
And contrary to what Magats think, not all of the money is going directly to Ukraine. 23.2 billion will go to replenishing US arms stocks, while an equal amount goes to Ukraine. The rest is:
*11.3 billion for current US operations in the area
*13.8 billion for purchasing weapons systems, defense products and defense services
*26 million for monitoring the aid provided
*13.8 billion for purchasing weapons systems, defense products and defense services
*26 million for monitoring the aid provided
So yeah most of the money will come right back to the US.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154870
CaptainXtra
STOP KOSA!
“Civil Wars” are basically just “Fellow Neighbors slaughtering and blowing each other up.”
“Society Strife” is a more accurate term for conflict amongst the residents of a singular nation.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154869
BlitztheDragon
My friend saw it and loved it, and he’s as political as they come. It is deliberately vague about the political motivations behind the titular civil war, as Garland himself stated that the audience can decide that for themselves. Instead, the movie did its homework in realistically portraying the human impact that a civil war has on everyone caught up in it, and just happened to set it in the US to convey it in a way Americans would understand.
As an aside, if a civil war drags on long enough, it usually just devolves into a bunch of warlords and gangs murdering everyone who is not rolling with them. The stated political ideologies of the factions involved often get reduced to window dressing. So in a way the movie being vague about the warring sides’ politics is fitting.
There is nothing “civil” about a civil war, and my friend thinks the movie got that across quite well.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154868
Hali the Emoji girl
Goth Cinnamon Roll
I’ll check out his review after I’m done watching Dusty Smith’s new video.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154867
Meanlucario 
Time to get spooky
@Hali the Emoji girl
Eckhartsladder thought it was great and showed the cruelty of a potential civil war.
Eckhartsladder thought it was great and showed the cruelty of a potential civil war.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154866
Hali the Emoji girl
Goth Cinnamon Roll
I saw a video that said it was horrible(alteori). What did you like about it?
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154865
Background Pony #1D40
@Background Pony #9C9C
US is divided, but what that really means is that people’s opinions are divided. Those supposedly red or blue states are still very much divided internally. What’s more, while some people are clear cut Democrats or Republicans, others have complex political opinions. One person hates immigrants and wants to fight global warming. Another person wants to allow both abortion and machine guns.
US is divided, but what that really means is that people’s opinions are divided. Those supposedly red or blue states are still very much divided internally. What’s more, while some people are clear cut Democrats or Republicans, others have complex political opinions. One person hates immigrants and wants to fight global warming. Another person wants to allow both abortion and machine guns.
The problem is that opinions are often extreme in both directions, that people feel very strongly about them, and that they are not willing to talk to each other. They only yell at each other and make memes about how the other side is evil, stupid, ugly, etc.
Politicians don’t mind it because they benefit from fanatical voters. America’s enemies are also happy; some try to stir it up as much as possible.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154864
Dustcan
Dogs
“National divorce”
Got to give Moscow Marge this one. She went through her own divorce so like a Karen she wants to make it everyone else’s problem.
But no, despite what a howler monkey pretending to be a person thinks, the country isn’t that divided. Red State/Blue State monikers imply bigger differences in their populations than there is.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154863
Niggoslav_Krawczyk
VIVA LA NOCTE
@Background Human I hereby propose entities hailing from these nations shall be known forevermore as… CRINKlies 😆😎😆
@Background Pony #9C9C Both are too horrendously corrupt to accept such an arrangement. When they’re winning, they aren’t making any money!!!
They both want to lose because that’s when fundraising goes UP UP UP 💸💸💸💹
You can thank 🐢 for starting both parties on this “Oh we’ll get them next time!” politicking style
They both want to lose because that’s when fundraising goes UP UP UP 💸💸💸💹
You can thank 🐢 for starting both parties on this “Oh we’ll get them next time!” politicking style
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154862
Poison Trail
I feel like that was on purpose, it’s not an alliance that’s going to last beyond their common enemy.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154861
lonewolf
U mad?
@ᎶㄖҜㄩ 乃ㄥ卂匚Ҝ
If they had done that it’d have got passed off as right wing propaganda. Their way of trying to be neutral (though left vs right is exactly how it would play out).
If they had done that it’d have got passed off as right wing propaganda. Their way of trying to be neutral (though left vs right is exactly how it would play out).
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154860
ᎶㄖҜㄩ 乃ㄥ卂匚Ҝ 
Zamasu
@CaptainXtra
I saw Civil War the other day and it was one of the best movies (that’s not part of a pre-existing franchise) I’ve seen in a long time.
I saw Civil War the other day and it was one of the best movies (that’s not part of a pre-existing franchise) I’ve seen in a long time.
What was Alex Garland smoking when he thought that Texas and California would be willing to form an alliance together? Those two places couldn’t be any more different. A Texas-Florida alliance would make much more sense because they’re very similar in almost every single way.
Generals » Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General) » Post 154857
Background Pony #9C9C
Could a national divorce work? It’s become clear for almost a decade that red states and blue states have fundamentally different values.
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