Do you think Texas should be allowed to secede? Why or why not?
My conclusion is not definite, but as I was writing my paper, my views were as such (and please forgive my in-eloquence & redundancy):
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There are a lot of pros and cons for Texas Secession, and as it stands, and from my limited knowledge, I think that Texas would have more to benefit from staying within the Union, though I think it should be allowed to secede for a few reasons.
Allowing for State Secession would create an entirely different dynamic than is present today, if Texas is allowed to secede, why then shouldn't other states have the same right? I think Secession should be heavily discouraged for one of the same reasons the America was sent into recession - A loss of confidence in the union, and the respective ability to pull out from the union, could damage all parties involved, leading to possible instability and even collapse on a large scale. The idea of the Union is that though we (the states) may be separate entities, we are united, supporting one another in order to become stronger than our individual parts, as such, I'm sure an interdependence has been formed between the states, to separate would mean to disrupt the current balance and possibly cause a series of harmful events to happen.
Though Texas may be capable of providing for itself in many regards, such is not true of every state in this nation, and as a result, each state is not necessarily built to be able to support its own needs as they expect such needs to be met by other states, having built their state on this assumption, it would be harmful and I think unfair to, as a state, remove ourselves from the whole of the Union.
Though, that being said, these consequences can be remedied, at least somewhat, were Texas, and the multiple states who would secede, to have something of a "Delayed Secession" plan, so that the other states could plan around the loss of such a producer as Texas, or any other state that would hope to secede.
I think states should be allowed to secede though, for a few reasons. Every state is an individual unit in the whole of the Union, and I think that in the situation where, though I think it very unlikely, the state's needs and collective value system are extremely different from the Union's, to the point where it is irreconcilable, (again, very extreme circumstances) I think the state should be allowed to secede. A particular example would be Tyranny, another I could justify would be high hostility towards seceding state, a drastic war which the state is against, and other more extreme reasons.
If the state was allowed to leave, many bad things could happen, especially Texas, though I don't think that Texas today need necessarily be bound by the commitments of past generations lest it decides it fitting to do so.
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There are a lot of pros and cons for Texas Secession, and as it stands, and from my limited knowledge, I think that Texas would have more to benefit from staying within the Union, though I think it should be allowed to secede for a few reasons.
Allowing for State Secession would create an entirely different dynamic than is present today, if Texas is allowed to secede, why then shouldn't other states have the same right? I think Secession should be heavily discouraged for one of the same reasons the America was sent into recession - A loss of confidence in the union, and the respective ability to pull out from the union, could damage all parties involved, leading to possible instability and even collapse on a large scale. The idea of the Union is that though we (the states) may be separate entities, we are united, supporting one another in order to become stronger than our individual parts, as such, I'm sure an interdependence has been formed between the states, to separate would mean to disrupt the current balance and possibly cause a series of harmful events to happen.
Though Texas may be capable of providing for itself in many regards, such is not true of every state in this nation, and as a result, each state is not necessarily built to be able to support its own needs as they expect such needs to be met by other states, having built their state on this assumption, it would be harmful and I think unfair to, as a state, remove ourselves from the whole of the Union.
Though, that being said, these consequences can be remedied, at least somewhat, were Texas, and the multiple states who would secede, to have something of a "Delayed Secession" plan, so that the other states could plan around the loss of such a producer as Texas, or any other state that would hope to secede.
I think states should be allowed to secede though, for a few reasons. Every state is an individual unit in the whole of the Union, and I think that in the situation where, though I think it very unlikely, the state's needs and collective value system are extremely different from the Union's, to the point where it is irreconcilable, (again, very extreme circumstances) I think the state should be allowed to secede. A particular example would be Tyranny, another I could justify would be high hostility towards seceding state, a drastic war which the state is against, and other more extreme reasons.
If the state was allowed to leave, many bad things could happen, especially Texas, though I don't think that Texas today need necessarily be bound by the commitments of past generations lest it decides it fitting to do so.
26-30, M
