Blue areas aren’t states. They are cities. Democratic voting counties account for over 70% of the nations gdp. Conservative counties quite literally cannot support themselves.
GDP is a flawed measure, and that's especially true when you look at the 70% figure in detail. For details see https://treeofwoe.substack.com/p/gross-domestic-fraud
> Conservative counties quite literally cannot support themselves.
And yet they hold democratic counties hostage. Somewhat like parasites.
Conservative counties produce goods and food. Democratic counties produce rent, interest, financial fees, mortgages, insurance.
Conservative counties produce goods and food that can be produced anywhere.
Democratic counties produce goods that generally require an education and are significantly more valuable. Think big tech, big pharma, engineering, etc.
Democratic counties would be just fine without conservative counties. The inverse is not true.
It works the same way in other countries, such as the UK and Turkey - rural areas are where the traditionalists live.
It's much worse in the US though because the gap is so much wider. Even in the UK or Canada or Australia, the right is not opposing climate change or healthcare or anything reasonable to the same extent as in the US.
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