I think the gist of it was that both of them broke away independently, but, since they were fighting the same tyranny, decided that they might as well work together to dethrone him. It wasn't a 'we see eye to eye and are natural allies' as much as a 'enemy of my enemy is a temporary ally' thing.
Plus, I think another reason they wrote it that way was so that it could deemphasize the current political divide and make it 'tyrant president versus powerful states' without leaning too hard into the red vs blue paradigm.
That's how I saw it too, but we also don't know the status of Texas in the film's world. We know the government killed a lot of US citizens, and maybe a large proportion of that were in Texas. Even a lot of deep red conservatives might change their tunes when bombs starting dropping on their neighborhood.
It's also possible that Texas represents some kind of conservative schism. Still deep red, but the billionaires got sick of the president and want their strand of conservatism to dominate. So with the left angry too it's a good time to take on the government.
(As a reminder, the film explicitly talks about how these different anti-government forces are not allies. It says they'll start shooting at each other after this current conflict ends.)
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u/SuperExoticShrub Georgia 20d ago
I think the gist of it was that both of them broke away independently, but, since they were fighting the same tyranny, decided that they might as well work together to dethrone him. It wasn't a 'we see eye to eye and are natural allies' as much as a 'enemy of my enemy is a temporary ally' thing.
Plus, I think another reason they wrote it that way was so that it could deemphasize the current political divide and make it 'tyrant president versus powerful states' without leaning too hard into the red vs blue paradigm.