10% actively opposed the rev...
the rest didn't get involved, so why did it succeed?...was it just a "breath holding tantrum" by a small minortiy of the population?
I understand all your arguments...and I would bet that the same arguments were offered back then by some of the people who are afraid of what it would mean....people would be uncommmmmfortable and lose a little money.
...but you are right...nothing like this is likely to happen...for you see, the predictions of many philosophers and politicians have come true:
When people find out that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury, its over...and obviously a majority of the people who vote have reached the "largess" point. We may never be able to overcome it...so sad.
“10% of the people in ‘75 actively supported the revoloution”
There won’t anywhere near 10% of the population that would support a revolution today.
The call for secession are from a small, very small minority.
Open revolt has been conditioned out of the general populace.
It’s not like 1775. Everybodys fate is intertwined and even in solid red states that are leading the charge for secession the number of secessionists is negligible.
The federal government including Social Security, Medicare, etc. is insolvent. The promised payouts for entitlements is somewhere in the neighborhood of $200 Trillion. That which cannot be paid won’t be paid. Why should Texans live under the laws imposed by an insolvent federal government? The best thing for the federal government is default (imo) on the other hand, a promise by we Texans to help pay this debt might be a point of negotiation and part of our way out.