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'Your question is so stupid' Trump snaps when asked how much economic pain he'd tolerate
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The only way I see the US becoming "solid and strong again", is a revolution that results in a Constitution v2.0 that fixes many issues with the structure of government, voting, and setting rules regarding wealth. Otherwise, odds are that the US will splinter apart into several major bodies.
On the plus side of splintering, it means many conservatives would flee out of Blue States, and the Blue States get more people who believe in governance, science, democracy, and society. They would be far more stronger and influential than Red States in the long run. Blue States won't have to play ball with stupid conservative ideas, such as non-medical vaccine exemptions, anti-migrant policies, and so forth.
At least one revolution is already underway, but those responsible for the current change are wearing red hats. The neo-reactionary Butterfly Revolution.
Unfortunately, most Democratic Party politicians today are the real conservatives in the sense that they simply want to preserve the old system.
And there are people who identify as Democrats but are increasingly disillusioned, who want reform or revolution in the direction of a egalitarian, democratic society with strong social welfare systems geared toward equity (let’s hope they grow in number), not in the direction of the elitist, authoritarian, technofeudalist, rigid hierarchical society proposed by adherents of the Dark Enlightenment ideas. Such people could redirect the current Butterfly Revolution in the opposite direction and foment division among Republicans.
A split would create North Korea 2.0
A split would create North and South Koreas. If we don't split, I'm afraid we will only get North Korea 2.0
Until the red states run out of food and start eyeing the neighbouring blue states
They can eyeball all they want, the red states are also the US' welfare queens. They're poor AF and would be bankrupt in a couple of years.
Plus the people that live in those states by and large aren't capable of any kind of sustained physical activity
Where do you think food comes from exactly? It's not New York City or San Francisco. California has a good bit of farm country, but a lot of the rest of our food does come from "red" states.
except lots are paid by the government to grow food. that money is now gone.
So if you think the "red" food-producing states would stop producing food altogether without government money, then where would the "blue" states get food?
By the way, it is not money that grows food from the farmers' fields. They are still able to produce crops without subsidies. They just might not be able to produce a surplus of crops to export to other states.