Actually it makes perfect senseI’ll just arrogantly speak for the forum and say this analogy makes no fucking sense.
Aren’t the people living in those states condemning themselves by counting to vote for the same people who created this map?I'm not the one with delusions of breaking the country apart. You're the one that would rather give up and condemn millions of people to some sort of conservative hellscape and create 2 countries irreparably diminished.
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As for the ACA, for Medicaid expansion, a lot of states have since opted-in. There are still some hold outs, but that gets chipped away with time. And for anyone above the Medicaid cutoffs, people don't need to rely on their states opting in.
And that's just a saying. If you've been paying attention, things have gotten measurably better over time. Are they perfect? No. Is there still work to be done? Absolutely.
The people with power don't care. They've made it so they can stay in power thanks to decades of propaganda and refined crack and pack tactics for creating districts. Then throw the voter ID laws, limited mail-in voting options, and long polling lines to further reduce some groups' voting power.Aren’t the people living in those states condemning themselves by counting to vote for the same people who created this map?
The people with power don't care. They've made it so they can stay in power thanks to decades of propaganda and refined crack and pack tactics for creating districts. Then throw the voter ID laws, limited mail-in voting options, and long polling lines to further reduce some groups' voting power.
It's a culture war that the left and right creates.They feel the student being black is distracting
People aren't self-segregating though. In fact, many blue states are driving out their populations thanks to NIMBY policies that make housing extremely expensive.Without calling each other's viewpoints silly.. maybe we should face facts that people are basically self-segregating into blue and red states.
Swing states are becoming very rare.
Since people are basically moving on their own to their preferred destination.. we're not abandoning anyone with a national divorce.
People are racially segregated, and politically segregated.Without calling each other's viewpoints silly.. maybe we should face facts that people are basically self-segregating into blue and red states.
Swing states are becoming very rare.
Since people are basically moving on their own to their preferred destination.. we're not abandoning anyone with a national divorce.
People aren't self-segregating though. In fact, many blue states are driving out their populations thanks to NIMBY policies that make housing extremely expensive.
And yes, you are abandoning people with your national divorce idea. Not everyone has the capital to move, nor the employment prospects, nor the ability to just move away from their families and social circles [or name any other number of reasons that could exist].
You just want to be a quitter, convinced that persuasion and political change is not possible, despite all evidence to the contrary. Stop subscribing to doomerism.
You have very stupid ideas and analogies.Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
Americans are segregating themselves by their politics at a rapid clip, helping fuel the greatest divide between the states in modern history.apnews.com
If cigarettes are bad for your health.. doctors urge them to quit.
Authoritarians are bad for our health.. by means of killing our health care and social programs.. but you still don't wanna quit?
That's just a stupid viewpoint!
I want a healthy life where we can fix problems, not one where there's constant anger, depression and sacrifice of human lives to the second amendment!
LOLYou have very stupid ideas and analogies.
The divide is not by state, it’s by urban/rural.Without calling each other's viewpoints silly.. maybe we should face facts that people are basically self-segregating into blue and red states.
Swing states are becoming very rare.
Since people are basically moving on their own to their preferred destination.. we're not abandoning anyone with a national divorce.
Understatement of the day.You have very stupid ideas and analogies.
Because in 2019 Trump and every Republican and all the right wing media pumped up every single piece of economic data there was. But now for every bit of good data it's "well, there are still poor people, fuck Biden." Biden fucking cut child poverty in half, before Republicans ended that, but I guess that doesn't matter because it wasn't a 100% reduction.All this jibber jabber about the 1950s is irrelevant. What voters will be asking themselves is whether they are "better off now" than back in 2019. It's not about 2020 because you can't fairly compare anything to year 1 of a global pandemic. Even excluding MAGAts, a lot of voters are going to reach the wrong conclusions (i.e. Trump was good at the economy) and that is the challenge facing Joe Biden.
Sadly for many Americans, 2019's Big Mac Combo for $8 was a wonderful time and no amount of quoting macroeconomic data is going to convince them otherwise.
Understatement of the day.
Because in 2019 Trump and every Republican and all the right wing media pumped up every single piece of food economic data there was. But now for every plbit of good data it's "well, there are still poor people, fuck Biden." Biden fucking cut child poverty in half, before Republicans ended that, but I guess that doesn't matter because it wasn't a 100% reduction.
But this thread shows why Republicans are always the default in America. It's impossible for Dems to build enthusiasm. This why unber Obama in 2016 the economy was "shit" and under trump in Jan 2017 it was great.
Must be exhilarating to imagine living in Howard Beach, an enclave of the Confederate States of 'Murica, with 40-foot-high walls that prevent any migrants from entering.
Yep, delusions of grandeur.
Yes, this has been exactly my point the entire thread. It is BAD POLITICAL STRATEGY. If both democrats and republicans agree that the economy is terrible under democrats why would anyone vote for them?Because in 2019 Trump and every Republican and all the right wing media pumped up every single piece of food economic data there was. But now for every plbit of good data it's "well, there are still poor people, fuck Biden." Biden fucking cut child poverty in half, before Republicans ended that, but I guess that doesn't matter because it wasn't a 100% reduction.
But this thread shows why Republicans are always the default in America. It's impossible for Dems to build enthusiasm. This why unber Obama in 2016 the economy was "shit" and under trump in Jan 2017 it was great.
Projection much?Personal attacks? Isn't that against the forum policy?
Guess I hit a nerve and proved you wrong lol.
Projection much?
You quite literally said you'd "happily" vote for DJT if he flipped on just two issues and you dare call others "Trumpanzees."
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Legislation like a decree to split the US by red/blue state lines and fuck up every American’s life in innumerable and insurmountable ways? It’s youMe who wants legislation that benefits every American's health or you who's using it as a punch line to basically bully someone online?
Legislation like a decree to split the US by red/blue state lines and fuck up every American’s life in innumerable and insurmountable ways? It’s you
No. Most people are doing fine and can live how they want. No one would be doing fine under your shit poorly thought out plan. It’s a good thing you’re a crazy person on a forum rather than someone in charge of literally anything.Already the case..
Can get abortion if needed in New Mexico, can't in Texas.
Red/ Blue state line fucking up American's lives exactly like you put it.
People aren't self-segregating though. In fact, many blue states are driving out their populations thanks to NIMBY policies that make housing extremely expensive.
And yes, you are abandoning people with your national divorce idea. Not everyone has the capital to move, nor the employment prospects, nor the ability to just move away from their families and social circles [or name any other number of reasons that could exist].
You just want to be a quitter, convinced that persuasion and political change is not possible, despite all evidence to the contrary. Stop subscribing to doomerism.