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The Cost of Republicanism 2

Chart showing that the deeply-Republican US South is the poorest part of the country


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  1. George Smith

    August 6, 2014 at 5:16 pm

    As it ever was. The Confederacy was poor. Most of America was although the Northeast had more of a civilization. If the South has endemic poverty greater than the rest of the nation, it’s an enjoyed feature. In the rest of our place, it’s also an imposed feature, if not so gleefully appreciated. This country will never be united. We should accept it, we’re not much better than old Yugoslavia, and start thinking about how to make the best of increasing division. How did Josip Broz Tito handle it all those years?

     
  2. Frank

    August 6, 2014 at 10:48 pm

    As Lydon Johnson said,

    If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.

    Were it not for Viet Nam, he would be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents, but he just had to shoot himself in the foot because he was a-skeered of being accused of being soft on Commies.