Sounds like Soviet bloc-nationalism of client states. Texas only was able to become independent because of US assistance; and they joined the US to keep Mexico from taking it BACK. But they did NOT join the Union by national compact. NONE of the states did; that would destroy their independence. They did it mainly to PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE: i.e. an international alliance. The rest was just OTHER voluntary international agreements.

ENGIENEER IS FROM TEXAS

This is a civ6 strategy lol

@@SovereignStatesman they joined because every citizen was an American. Also they were all on American land. Meaning they were owned american

Annex ALL of Mexico and Central America upto and including Panama and the Canal. Build a Wall on the other side of the Canal, rename all the land NEW TEXAS !

why they want to take our guns

Make the southwest Mexico 🇲🇽 again!!!

Basically how the colonies of America seperated from Britian. If it works, don't fix it, right?

10th amendment allows any state to secede

Nope, the declaration of independence says extreme tyranny that deprives people of rights justify such revolution.

I need to get History Matters on this one ASAP.

I learned this last week when I was on Santa Barbara pier and they had out all the flags of countries which have laid claim to parts of California.

Yes and there was also the Bear flag revolt.

Wait fr???

I swear I have ran into you on like 4 different channels now.

There was no legal document that allowed the 13 Colonies to secede from Great Britain or allow the captive states of the old Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact to go their separate ways either. If you're waiting on a peace of paper or parchment to tell you you can be free you'll be a slave 'til you're dead.

The us constitution states that no state can succeed from the union and it overrides all state constitutions so go back to your farm jeff

@@Va1C Please enlighten us as to where in the US Constitution no state is allowed to "succeed" from the Union. We're looking forward to your answer.

@@Va1C Interestingly cool enough, I am from a farm. I never said any state could secede from the union, only that others have and I checked. I cannot find in the US Constitution where it says States cannot secede. It's spelled secede, not succeed. And if you're trying to be insulting towards farmers, please don't do it with food in your mouth. I hope your day goes as well as mine, my friend.

@@michaeltubbs4606 So you are in favor of a illegal rebellion?

Darn Washington stop scamming Washington just to give South Dakota roads! Washington is so mean to Washington. Washington should secede from Washington to stop getting scammed by Washington.

infinite money glitch

I do not.

Washington pays more to Washington than Washington pays to Washington

I know the video meant DC, but the fact that Washington has a color, and the lack of clarity of which Washington is what, making this super hilarious to think about.

What’s up checkmark?

Very true 😭

You could be making more Minecraft tutorials. Commented 4 days ago. *Last video 4 years ago.*

Same

We all know creepers fought in wars throughout history

AWWWW MAN

he hides creepers in every video :) you are supposed to find them.

Lol 😂

DEEZ IMAGRUNTS DAT AR CUMIN INTO OUR TEXAS AND TAKING ALL OR JOBS AN CLAIMIN ALL OR BENIFITS!

Honestly, Texan's just like saying we can leave at any time, though we don't actually want too. Though i'm kinda miffed that he never mentioned Texas' semi-independent energy grid, which was created fro the purpose of succession

(That was a parody of the things people say in my country. God, I hate the UK sometimes. GORD SEEV DA CREEN UN ALL DAT)

still could happen

:/

Only Larpers on the internet would want to until they realise they wouldn't be up against normal soldiers but drones

Nobody in the secession movement wants to go to war. They want to govern their own communities. If you deny them that right to choose, then they'll fight for it. America was founded on secession.

@@generalsalami8875 No country in the world wants separatists because it will only make them weaker, if a group wants to secede from a country, the government would just call them terroorists and will terminate them in under 24h.

@@strixtech450 texas is the second largest state in the union & they would bring more states with them. This can be done peacefully. I doubt modern americans would be willing to imperialistically conquer their peers. If they try, it would be a very close fight. Remember, the south was winning the civil war dramatically till the end.

@@generalsalami8875 Texas wouldn’t bring other states with them, just the few other separatists who want to leave, who would simply immigrate to Texas. Also, the civil war was 150 years ago when the US WASNT a global superpower

Then learn about the civil war

*_"Weed is the Devil's lettuce"_* That's an amazing line, regardless of what your views on it are

I hope that conservatives views on marijuana changes soon!! & this is coming from a Texas Conservative from San Antonio

Same in Dallas

@@texmontana420 eey, fellow San Antonian

?? Wassup mayne

I feel bad for all my fellow black people who will be stuck there

@@exiledhebrew1994 why?

I'll move to Texas when they secede

@@hiitsevan3153 what you mean why? Because with no constitution, they will be made slaves again

@@hiitsevan3153 I know right why the hell would they feel bad when we want to cecede to protect the constitution and the constitutional rights because the left wants to get rid of some this time we are fighting for constitution not for slavery that would probably be the left because they are oppressing them and being more racist to them than the right is

Minnesota needs to drastically reduce government spending and taxes. That's PART of why I left.

@@GhostofGoliad and then you wonder why people think Texans are mean

@@GhostofGoliad so ? The same goes for you do you think people care about what one person thinks about what Canadians do you think that it matters that you think what Canadians think or cover doesn't matter no it Doenst

@@blizzard1198 the comment I made was actually meant for another guy..I have no issue with Quebec wanting to leave, I hope they do. Self-government is always best..

@@GhostofGoliad 🤡

West Canada would LOVE it if Quebec left

Hotel Texas, I love that song!

@RCHobbyGuy92. No, they can split apart into five different states, but no they can’t leave, seeing that they tried that in 1861 and Uncle Sam gave them a right hook

@RCHobbyGuy92 alright, *try again*

I see a Second Civil War 👀

@RCHobbyGuy92 who's we? Do a majority of texans sincerely want to secede from the union? I've got a feeling your in the minority

I heard somewhere that Texas has a power system completely disconnected from the rest of the US

@@Omegaset remember a year or 2 when it was freezing in Texas and the power wasn’t able to sustain itself

Why would they need to? Why can't they have independence & free trade? Why must secession be hostile? Why not simply let them govern themselves? Sanctions are a double edged sword. Texas can still free up their markets o the rest of tge world willing to trade.

aww man

@Mr. TrainHead no u

@Mr. Trainhead Do you Really believe herobrine is true

Of course! We Texans are always sure to remember the bravery displayed at ‘the Battle of San Hiss-cinto’!

That’s my great great uncle

@@ohio9499 no way! He’s my grandpa too

Lmao

That was hundreds of years ago, with two entities oceans apart

And then a winter storm hits Texas (or flood, or drought, or immigrants) and they’ll need federal help.

They can secede, just like I can jump into a pit of lava. Leaving the Union on Texas's terms would almost certainly mean war. It was war the fledgling America faced against Britain in 1776. It was war for the CSA, which included Texas in 1861 when they attempted to leave the USA. The power dynamic and political will in this situation is firmly against Texas. The United States is abundantly clear about it; once you join America, you don't leave.

@Sam Vimes I can still jump into lava. yes.

@@CCJJ160Channels Texas takes federal "help" during natural disasters but doesn't need it.

vicsrealms yes

It was odd how the initials for Austin were AX, instead of, IDK AU?

Agreed as a Texan who spends most of their time in Austin.

I would live in the North State lol

CraftQueenJr haha

He really took the most basic and poorly researched point of view. Hes normally way better than that

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 well this video was also 9 years ago when Texas wasn’t as bad

@@LincMinecrafter Arguably true, but I meant more in regard to the fact that "international" trade offers many complications that wouldn't exist intra-nationally. No tariffs, no border crossings, no (additional) inspections, etc. Not to mention the fact that the US would not take kindly to someone bailing on them, ESPECIALLY because they pay more in taxes than they receive. So more than likely there would be trade embargoes. It's like saying a 14 year old would be fine living on their own because labor laws allow them to get a job. So beyond not the point

@@skeetsmcgrew3282 You do understand that there are a lot of trade agreements among the nations of the world with no tariffs, no border control and no inspections.

@@henkkaj73 That's certainly not the norm. Especially with a country that stole land from you. Generally aren't making favorable trade agreements there.

Feelin' prickly?

@@tabcat TROLLGE DETECTED,BATTLE MODE INITIATED.

@@Bombsbombsbombs Are you feeling prikl ?ghnnn

Native Hawaiian should secede from the USA

@@bigmoniesponge Yup.

@Zy 35 If Texas leaves it'll be like what happened with territories joining the union. Texas will establish independence and states will apply to become part of the new country. The governmental system is still here it'll just enforce the constitutional laws. Not circumvent them like the other states have.And with the leftist states taxing their own people into poverty causing many businesses and factories to flee, BLM/antifa destruction of billions of dollars, the states governments deliberately destroying their own economies with the lockdowns, and giving welfare to almost everyone they'll collapse and Texas will absorb them back into the union.

@@jesehufman but would all those lefties be welcomed in new confederacy? i think not xD

@Zy 35 yeah 20 states wanting to go against the will of 30 states. Texas does not have the standing to tell any other state what to do especially when their own voting practices have major issues. number 2....where would it stop? to recognize texas's authority to preside over other states would also mean ANY state can precise over ANY OTHER STATE. do you want Connecticut to precise over your state? because we have known about massive voter suppression issues in the red states for years! texas shouldn't have filed a lawsuit they should have petitioned their senators to form a bill in congress about standardizing voting regulation so that everyone is acting the same way. ...by the way in congress, we tried doing that a few years ago. the republican congressmen hated the idea. so we diverted back to the states doing their elections their own way.

it's sad that people are actually having these talks lmao

Lets do it

Rattlesnakes and alligators

Or the bay starts speaking cuban-spanish. Or the nuclear silos start speaking russian.

@@EllinikiDimokratia Russia would just be as devastated with nukes, they aren’t invincible. Heck they still use Cold war era equipment while Americans receive better training and better equipment and better soldiers and more.

@@aimxdy8680 But still a couple of Russian nukes can wipe out Americas

Actually the US had not really Won a War since the Spanish American War that's the truth all other is propaganda WWII Was won by Russia. Korean War was a draw, Vietnam US lost, Afghanistan US lost ? EU, US is losing the Ukraine War being destroyed by Russia 🇷🇺

@@jameseaster8659 Did your King Stalin tell you that? Russia was losing WW2 until the allie’s started funding them money and giving them weapons and Russia has lost about 2,500 tanks in ukraine compared to ukraine losses of 300 tanks.

Please do Texas! Those pipelines to other states? Goodbye. That dole of money from the Feds? Goodbye. Hurricane and tornado support? Goodbye. Immigration at the border? Goodbye. Free travel to the other states? Apply for a visa. The next pandemic shots? 300% tax. But you will have your guns just as long as you don't try to import or export them.

Why would any one not want to be part of the UNITED STATES?

@@b3at2 there is no economic benefit to staying

@@aceroy9195 a texit? lmaoo

@@b3at2 right now texas is losing millions by staying in America, if texas seceded then they would increase there economy ten fold while further crippling the US economy

I'm looking

That would be badass guess here in Nevada we will bail next week

you cant have a country inside a country

Like the song?

@@frankt.malleyjr.2076 private idaho

Thank you for saying this, it's literally the entire point of the Declaration of Independence

That's the point, countries, especially empires, dont last forever

Yeet

Jeffy Samuel yes

yes.

Redcoat Texit, Tiefly.

north, south, east, west and central texas? or: T, E, X, A and S?

Forget Calexit, i want the states of C, A, L, F, O, R, N, I, A, and Los Angeles

@@jjnn2 you forgot "I" before F

I did, didn't I?

@@jjnn2 yup

lets do it!

What is a gop

It would be great leverage against a Marxist administration. This video just says NO but doesn't make a legal case at all.

@@johnsharpe6411 What do you mean

@@samd2612 GOP means the republican party.

Those issues are all solvable in the theoretical case where the USA is willing to let Texas leave. Although, I admit, a federal government willing to just let Texas go would also probably have a hard time talking itself into the kind of economic interventionism such measures would involve.

You may be right but including all that would make it hard to leave it as a short interesting video^^

I doubt he was making that argument tbh. This was a very theoretical argument and I doubt grey would be willing to argue this

Not to mention that after Perry and Abbott as governors we now take more money than we send to the federal government.

@@dashiellgillingham4579 Not necessarily. The NASA issue would be unsolvable. They would straight up not operate their space center in a foreign country. Collaboration and sending astronauts up is not the same thing. Texas would also be excluded from the USMCA and any other trade deals the US negotiated. They'd have to completely renegotiate with trade partners which would be a no-go for a lot of companies operating there.

fun fact oil consumption is down ,more oils is being taken from the earth then any time in the past ,Europe is demanding electric vehicles ,North American auto manufactures are jumping on the electric vehicle band wagon ,fossil fuel is a dyeing commodity

@@franzspiess1844 Fun fact. Oil does quite a bit more than making fuel for power and cars. Like the smart phone you're probably using now to cry about oil.

@@rebelcowboy9656 file is still40%

more than all arab countries as well!!!!

at present with the oil production down the world id producing 95 millions barrels of oil per day and using 92 million barrels per day so at present the world is producing 3 million barrels per day more then being used

Well we kinda just left because we could see it was worthless, which I guess you canm call a loss.

We won, left, and the South lost then. But whoever lost, the North definitely won, so I would call it a loss. But there is no ‘what about’ about it.

And Canada, sort of.

Well, we were winning, but we left because hippies at home didn't like the war. If we wanted to, we could've kept going and won

I mean the Vietnamese lost like 1.1m men compared to the us with like 66k

@Michael Ardenté lmao just wait for the economic backlash that's going to happen this summer when the housing market collapses like it did in 2008.

@@rwberger6 still waiting?

Angel Smith Texas have a larger economy than Russia.

@@shreyvaghela3963 right

than has

Don't under-estimate the black market. Mexico & Russia probably uner-report their GDP, just like Greeks because their citizens don't want to pay taxes on their black-market profit.

That's what happens when you don't have royal families running your country.

Artur's avatar is fine

Clear skill issue

True, it'd be harmful for both sides economically, but the USA would recover better than Texas would.

Texas is a large producer of oil, they will be able to trade that with other country's that aren't alleys to USA, Texas economy would hurt for a moment but be back up and better then it was before

Doubtful it would damage trade at all because the other states don't care and they probably be getting cheaper and better goods and services from an independent Texas. Worst thing that would happen it would be to encourage all the other states to secede as well. And while it's not in the Texas Constitution it is an option for any state to leave the union

@@kmrapanmedia3176 We had some states try that once. Didn't go well for them.

It also depends on whether the secessions cascade. Remember in the beginning of the Confederacy was made up of South Carolina. And that's it. With them suddenly going through with articles of secession the other states around them started to do so. And if the reasons Texas is trying to leave the Union are shared by other states you could have a wave of states one after the other trying to leave. Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma might decide that their interests are better served by joining the Texas Republic than with the USA. (Especially with the way the US is going) and this could lead to the Western Seaboard not wanting to be apart and leaving. And we all know the lower Southern States would want to leave. If bad enough for Texas to actually take a serious stab at leaving, other states wouldn't be worried about trading with them. Many would probably be thinking of how they can leave to.

They don't

@@Abcelo665 Its not the Texas military you have to worry about, its the gun behind every tree you need to be concerned with.

@@TXLorenzo lol ok 👌

@@Abcelo665 Do you have a clue on how many guns there are in Texas?

@@TXLorenzo Have you seen the U.S. Military?

Now you know why.

i agree with their assessment

With sleepy Joe in office, that is a decent reason to secede from the union. It forces them to reassess their situation. But I do have doubts about that happening. He's got4 years, we don't have to give him more. Plus, if there were a revolt, he would be forced into retirement.

@@justincooper5189 yeah and starve to death without fed money

It's stated in their treaty upon joining the union that they have the right to leave. Their choice

I Didn't See That!!!! Great Catch!

Is it supposed to represent a Unified Korea? East Korea? West Korea? Korea? Chosen?

***** NICE!!! I don't get it though...?? I know all about starcraft and zerg but why put that in?

Brandon Olson Because the Koreans are obsessed with Starcraft. All the best players are currently Korean and Code S (the premier league of Starcraft) is also in Korea.

PissedOffWhiteMF Ahh, makes sense now. Thank you for the well written explanation. I always knew that SK took starcraft seriously but I just didn't connect the dots. You know my brother told me once that they even teach startcraft stuff in college courses?? Like how to properly "Micro-manage" and whatnot?? Crazy...

Lets gooooo texas!!!!

Indeed

I'm saving to move!

@@natestathes Did you make it to Texas yet?

@@freefromthemind3087 no unfortunately. I've got a little ways to go still. But thank you for asking!

No, the opposite would happen. Business would flock to Texas because of the friendly business environment, which the federal government wouldn't be able to compete with.

It cannot

Its people is incompetent

@@MyNameJeff00 it can, an theres nothing you can do to stop if they decide to do so.

@@coolbeans6148 one thing is deciding, another being able to

*divide

@@IGPriX you can your own comments you know

@@macaroon_nuggets8008 It was 3 years ago, you prick

Sameee

fuck Austin

This is addressed in the video btw

Why? The enemy doesn’t. Oops, sorry, I mean the left doesn’t.

Commies don't...

Nice spotting

I thought I was the only one who saw it XD

Cedric Valcke lmao ahaa

lol wtf

IKR?

Where?

on 1.10, I thunk I was the only one to have seen it but in real we are 17

yes and texas again announced in february that it would secede from the united states again

@@fede-HaitiaNAmericAnrimeircs91 It's an empty threat. Texas can't legally secede. To do so would be considered treason and their new government would swiftly be put down, unless the U.S. overrules Texas v White and lets them which is highly unlikely

@@fede-HaitiaNAmericAnrimeircs91 press x to doubt

@@ZeroOne-mp1qe there's actually a case going on currently with Texit and Facebook that has directly opened an argument on rather or not Texas can leave. Looks like we will hopefully have a mock vote this upcoming election. This video was fun but it is defiantly dated and a lot has changed.

No it hasn't

+Michael Hales And britain will! Go Britain!

***** There is no point in staying seeing as you are a net-contributor while your people lose control over your own lifes. You can stay in trading agreements such as the EEC without being a part of the EU. What is the benefit?

+The Captain I think the only benefit is keeping relations high with other European countries. If they left the EU not only would countries like Germany and France be angry at a huge net contributor leaving and forcing them to continue the giving out of monies. Also countries that need the help of the UK might sink into even more debt and ruin those countries as well. UK staying in the EU isn't needed for the UK, but rather stability in europe

+RobiePAX yes.

+Joseph Fox or Scotland to the UK

Uh, no. The star on California's flag was a tribute to Texas. Or wait, are you saying Texas is communist?

@@Lordpeyre No, they have a white start on a blue field. You know what that means, son? DEMOCRACY!

@Alex Mulvihill Actually stars are extraterrestrial. Asia is a spaceship confirmed.

@Alex Mulvihill Indeed you can't.

My god, it was foreshadowing all along!

Why do you still believe you could it is not in your constitution? What legal basis would you have? Some sort of treatise or contract? Edit: Also it is just ‘I had’. Have is just the present or future tense. Had is the past. It doesn’t matter that much, but just saying.

Excellent point.

Great point.

True, but CGP Grey basically covers that point since Texas doesn't have the military power to win a revolutionary exit by force. They don't have a legal avenue, and they don't have any realistic hope of succeeding with an illegal tactic either.

@@FoenixRight but at the same time. At what length is the US willing to go to to stop it. If they invade texas, how many US soldiers will be willing fire on "Their own citizens". Also consider that even if they do win, it will then become a military occupation of Texas. People won't just turn over and say "fine, I guess we'll go back to being American". Armed insurgency and uprisings will start up all over the state, causing millions/billions of dollars to maintain troops and fix sabotaged infrastructure. In the end, it wouldn't be worth it for the US to use military force.

@@maltese_tiger_272 it would be a military occupation for the minority that support secession. From the perspective of most Texans, the secession would have already been an occupation or at least subversion of the will of the people.

aww man

bruh this was made 1 year ago do you expect him to answer

pro gamer. •80 years ago So we back in the mine

got our pickaxe swinging from side to side.

Ur right wtf

Thank you Supreme leader Kim Jong-un for expressing your concern

That would be the flag of the Republic of Korea with a Zerg emblem plopped ontop of the yin-yang symbol. Zerg is a race in Starcraft, a game that is basically the national sport of Korea.

Not really. Only an idiot fringe wants secession.

Bill 1359 had been introduced on 01/26/2021

@@kmaher1424 you do know that a majority or Texans are willing to leave the US right?

@@sandman4111 No, I do not know that at all.

@@sandman4111 I'm Ohio! I'm for Texas seccesion.

Austin is the black sheep of Texas.

My son and his family live in Austin, and I can guarantee that it is a liberal cesspool.

Nugget? I'd say turd.

Exactly, But ofc this only has like 6 likes.

Yes but then the US military would invade Texas and restore power

@@jakebrakeat2am489 Because that isn’t how laws work

@@fyiispy8014 You don't need permission for a revolution or seccession. The entire point is not having permission or following laws... Did we ask daddy England for independence?

@@jakebrakeat2am489Because Texas is tested unfairly and unjustified, obviously equitable to England during the revolutionary war

we would lose Chuck Norris,Dell Cohagner and the texans. And texans are awesome.

GCDarkGGG Thanks! :)

Norris is actually from Oklahoma.

Joesolo13 Doesn't matter. Texas only exists because Chuck Norris allows it.

There are countries that have laws for their provinces and such to leave should they want to.

@stockart whiteman Their potential former countries would not look good to any of their allies if they didn't. But the point stands, it _is_ possible to legally leave- even if those that be illegally make it not so. But usually, provinces that do have that option have lots of more reasons to stay in the country anyway.

@stockart whiteman The UK did with the Scotland referendum, and you can argue the EU did with Brexit.

The South lost? Tell THAT to the whoopee cushions trolling the White House to demand the overturning of the Will of the People. The South lost The War of Northern Agrression, but WON the hearts of the Slavers.

Including Texas

no no, Texit indeed

You mean *TEXT*

doit

Same

Grey is love Grey is life

+Time To Get Cancer Im a kangaroo, what feelings do you have towards me? :]

+BloodyRamen you're my car

I haven't seen one of those in a while

Any state who elects a Ted Cruz has demonstrated it has poor judgement, and therefore likely believes it can do anything.

Woah

Yes same

Yeah, what the Hell is up with that?

Glad you left

Happy you left then boy

Why would you want to leave Texas?

@@clarkrrr because it sucks

@@BeefJerky_FromNewJersey literally one of the best states in the union change my mind

you can only choice one lady. will you choice your fatherland family and nation? or your master?

youre not a true Texan then. any true Texan will tell you they are Texan before American.

@@brodyhilgenfeld8496 exactly one is a Texan or a American you can not be both

Sydney Moore because it’s the biggest waste of land ever and we want the best for them

@@ridgetaylor205 yes. the American land is useless that is why they need us