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Sunday, 17 February 2013

Independence Movement of Texas

Independence Movement of Texas


I've been reading with interest a whole lot of articles about the "not-so-recent" Independence Movement of Texas. Apparently, there is a growing wish on the part of Texans to secede from the United States of America.

Take a look at a couple of articles in this connection:


For a variety of reasons, it may not necessarily be a bad idea to have smaller states in India - Stuff like administrative convenience, focus on local issues, decentralisation of power, genuine federalism, etc.

The very same reasons would, perhaps, make it worth asking: Should the world seriously considering the option of having a larger number of smaller nations by "dividing" the present-day large nations into smaller nations?

Will it not result in a more peaceful world? After all, such a situation will imply that no single nation will be as much of a super-power as, say, a present day United States or China, for instance.

Will it not result in a much greater focus on local and regional priorities?

A lot of experts keep telling us that "huge banks" can be a rather unacceptable systemic risk for the world of finance. They want the banks to "be cut down to size".

We have very strong "pro-competition regulators" to prevent the formation of monopolies.

These are just two quick examples from the field of commerce.

If such a relatively minor ecosystem such as the corporate world makes us look at "limiting the size of players", is it not logical that we should also be favourably inclined to look at the option of smaller nations?

Most importantly, considering the manner in which many "powerful nations" in general and the US in particular have been "interfering" in the internal affairs of a rather large number of developing countries, I feel that the time has come for the developing world to be on the look out for opportunities to strategically reciprocate.

Let's take the example of Texas. 

I feel that countries like India, South Africa, Brazil, members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, etc. should start making noises along the following lines:

  • "The independence movement of Texas is an internal matter of the State of Texas and the United States of America and we will not take any steps to aggrevate the situation unnecessarily".

  • "Independent think tanks will certainly be given liberty to hold seminars and discussions to discuss about the genuine aspirations of the people of Texas. That does not imply that the opinions expressed by the participants in such seminars represent the views of our Government"

  • "People like Daniel Miller, the leader of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), Larry Secede Kilgore, telecommunications consultant & pro-secession advocate, Peter Morrison, treasurer of the Hardin County Republican party, Alan Daves (who calls himself "The Texas Mob-Father"), etc. are thought leaders with a view different from the present official thought process. Without compromising our relationship with the USA, we will continue to engage with these important thought leaders by inviting them to address seminars and conferences in our cities, discuss their thoughts and ideas for the future of the global political equations, etc."

After all, if countries like the USA, UK, Canada etc. can "keep playing politics" by "silently supporting" secession movements in developing nations and by provoking various developing nations against each other to further their own "national interests", so can we!

Let's make a beginning by inviting Daniel Miller to New Delhi to address a few conferences at, say, the India Habitat Centre! Perhaps we can also invite people like the Dalai Lama, Robert Burns, the Scottish independence advocate, etc. for such conferences!


Regards,

N





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