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18. Lol that's a good point...

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 10:23 PM

Jan 2023

If anything, the rural voters are imposing an apartheid on urban areas.

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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

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

+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

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