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jcgoldie

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17. unfortunately

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 09:25 PM

Jan 2023

The electoral college and gerrymandering and the conservative bias in the senate allow that rural areas can continue to lose population and have an outsized influence on American policy. Dirt still has way more power than people.

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NYTimes editorial about the growing 'Urban-rural "apartheid" ' [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 OP

Neo-Appalachia is no kind of lifestyle bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #1

Sorry but the forcing of "rural" values on the suburban & urban population is the goal of the GOP ZonkerHarris Jan 2023 #2

I've made this point many times on DU. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2023 #3

"Rural areas, by definition, are far more insulated from exposure to diverse opinions." BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #5

+1. McCarthy and Stefanik were elected by blue state residents dalton99a Jan 2023 #7

Yes. Same dynamics around the planet. nt Hortensis Jan 2023 #11

I feel bad for Democrats living in rural areas... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #4

a lot of libraries going to be closing down or only stocked with the Bible BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #6

Kick dalton99a Jan 2023 #8

Get Off the Interstate ConstanceCee Jan 2023 #9

Worth reading, sure, but what's with using the loaded word "apartheid" Hortensis Jan 2023 #10

Lol that's a good point... TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #18

Rural is still an essential component of the Democratic vote brooklynite Jan 2023 #12

"The anger and resentment felt by rural voters toward the Democratic Party" Aristus Jan 2023 #13

Exactly. senseandsensibility Jan 2023 #16

Not really news. 70sEraVet Jan 2023 #14

Technological connectivity and education are required to bridge PufPuf23 Jan 2023 #15

unfortunately jcgoldie Jan 2023 #17