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Originally Posted by Adder
So much this.
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I understand that there is a natural conflict between Red State economies and Blue State economies and Purple State economies. But when we look at where our future lies as a country, I think the right answer is to say we want to get all the Blue State economic work we can and spread it out more, not to say, hey, let's do what red states like and embrace the idea that we'll end up looking like Russia and let the Blue state stuff all go to China.
This has been a dynamic of our country since cotton was king in the south and the mills were in the north, but the almost total alignment of the economic divisions and the political ones last happened just before the civil war, and even then probably not as completely as it has now.
