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Moostache

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18. A return to the concept of Greek city-states mnay be necessary.
Wed Jul 16, 2025, 12:41 PM
Jul 16

Territorial continuity is unlikely.
Political affiliation and alliances may be necessary for people like myself - in a Blue city, stuck in the middle of Red State deserts in all directions.

Or I may have to make a choice - live under the yoke of oppression and theocratic dictatorship or uproot myself and my family to live in a moderate modern state or area. The decision is already made for me. I am leaving as soon as it becomes feasible or necessary. I will leave everything behind and start over. This will sadly include family members who have joined the opposing cult. I won't miss them.

Divorce and dissolution are never easy and always hurt everyone unequally. There is just no legal or legitimate path to the kind of reforms that would be needed to fix the currently destroyed state of the American government, legal system or its economy as it sits today. The tectonic plates have been rubbing for a long, long time. The quake is imminent.

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Isn't Texas... Gruenemann Jul 15 #1
extremely moonshinegnomie Jul 15 #9
District 5 is in the Dallas area, not Houston or Austin RussBLib Jul 16 #15
We either need to stop promoting this red-blue concept or face reality... Moostache Jul 15 #2
The problem with that thinking is there are many Democrats of lesser means who can't, or don't want to move for a .. electric_blue68 Jul 15 #4
That's why I always said to accomplish this we'd have to offer slightlv Jul 15 #7
Idk, it'd be great if they could be somewhere else, but that's not happenjng... electric_blue68 Jul 15 #14
We on the left need to realize that MASSIVE pushback over DECADES would be required... Moostache Jul 16 #17
Moos.. we think along the same lines, with the same passion... slightlv Jul 17 #19
A return to the concept of Greek city-states mnay be necessary. Moostache Jul 16 #18
The problem with leeches Metaphorical Jul 15 #5
"Trump on Tuesday said he would like to see five new GOP seats in Texas." sop Jul 15 #3
Can two "play at that game"? FBaggins Jul 15 #6
They do have this BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #8
Population growth of 108k in a state of almost 40 million is actually shrinking relative to the rest of the country FBaggins Jul 15 #10
That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions). BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #11
The 3.3 million nationally was also for a single year FBaggins Jul 15 #12
An example of redrawing and backlash/back-firing BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #16
AND.... I just spotted this article today (with CA's options) - BumRushDaShow Friday #20
It's a regular pattern: Illegal, Immoral and Unconstitutional. rickyhall Jul 15 #13
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