And it also is an issue of not wanting the guilty conscious of watching the fucks 'going galt' and then realizing that they can't survive on their own. And the subsequent watching them beg to undo what they did as they slowly starve and drain more federal money away than is needed. And them leaving would fuck our economy up even worse.
You'd feel guilty about watching them starve after they realise they can't survive on their own? I'd mostly feel bad about them draining federal money that could go to something more useful. Watching them beg to come back would be the fun part.
But yeah, we can't let them leave because it would fuck up the economy. Ah well.
While I understand where you're coming from, let's be realistic. If "Texas" seceded, it wouldn't be some unanimous decision from the hivemind of every man, woman and child in the state; it'd be something imposed upon the populace by the leaders. Even with majority support of the populace there'd be plenty of people there that didn't want it and yet have no means to escape it, due to any reason people don't up and move whenever they want (finances, family, etc).
I don't think guilty is the right word, but I would feel bad about watching those innocents suffer being dragged along, yes.
This is all so hypothetical it's almost ridiculous, I know. But people do need to be reminded that the blowhards talking about secession aren't "Texas", they don't speak for everyone, and they're jerks for acting like they do. Fake populism is despicable.
And that includes Chuck Norris, he's dead to me.
