Texas nationalist here (for succession) . Convince me that Dixie would be a good Idea, because as I see it, forming a union with the rest of the south would be a huge drain to our economy due to mass poverty. Tell me, why does Texas need you? I'm not trying to insult y'all, but ours alone is the 15th largest economy in the world while Mississippi is the poorest in the nation. Now, convince me on why we would be interested in anything close to the confederacy.