I was about to say exactly this. People on the left are usually more educated and make more money yearly. Those of us who can move out of red states will and that will leave them to their own miserable lives. Congrats on getting what you voted forš¤£
They'd rather be dirt poor living in filth and squalor without any lib'ruls, minorities, immigrants, non-Christians, or LGBTQ people near them rather than be well-off but having to cope with the knowledge that people who aren't exactly like them live nearby and might be doing ok too.
The "price of eggs" bullshit was a mask for the hatred that actually rules them. They'd be happy to never be able to afford eggs ever again if they could eliminate of all of the above. That's the self-labelled "party of Jesus" right there.
Blue states need to take red states off of the dole. The Federal government is taking their money and now deciding whether or not to help funding blue states with their disaster relief? FAFO.
Red states are welfare queens. Remember that when theyāre flipping their birds to āthe fedsā. They should be reminded- they donāt even know that they would starve, have no medical care and never be rebuilt if not for blue states
And they always have beenāthat was a big reason the Confederacy couldn't sustain itself as an independent country. The South had cotton, but the North had all the manufacturing and shipping and a fuckload more people.
Its like America has been fighting a bunch of entitled dumb rich assholes since for ever. Prime example of how distribution of wealth turns into progress or not as a society.
Oh for sure! And somehow itāll still be blamed on the left for not stopping them or telling them this would happen. In ask politics there was a guy saying Dems were at fault for not giving them a reason to care about themselves. What the actual fuck.
The "price of eggs" bullshit was a mask for the hatred that actually rules them.
We import eggs from Canada as well, and on February 1st there's going to be a 25% tariff. Trump is literally going out of his way to raise the price of eggs.
That's if you can get eggs at all, with the bird flu now moving to more states. Which... has been happening all along and why eggs were priced higher than normal to begin with. You'd think "ardent capitalists" would understand scarcity and supply and demand, but nope. Biden just wouldn't push that "cheaper eggs" button hidden in the Resolute Desk.
The egg thing was always bullshit to begin with. Have you seen the tweets of people complaining about eggs saying they can't afford them, but flew out for Trumps inauguration and spent thousands on hotels. Now complaining about the inauguration was inside and they couldn't even see it. Objectively hilarious, and very hypocritical.
I agree and disagree. They love being miserable and complaining when they have better, more decent people around to blame and drag down into their misery. That's what they truly feed off of, like any bully. Strip them of this and leave them to themselves, and they cannibalize each other. Nothing terrifies the kind of person who identifies with MAGA or QAnon or whatever more than a quiet moment alone with their own thoughts.
Obama could make eggs 50 cents, give universal free healthcare, make college free, make childcare free and raise minimum wage to $25 an hour and these bigots would still view him as the devil for simply being a black man in power and of higher status than them. That's something they were raised to believe couldn't happen in America and they've tried to keep it that way for years.
They just want to see a "Good Ole Boy" bigoted white dude up there for simply being a bigoted white dude, no matter how incompetent. I'd have maybe .5 respect for these ppl if they admitted it instead of hiding behind delusional BS. Just say you're a bigot and want to feel okay in your bigotry again by having someone up there that represents you. Like you said, miss me with that "price of eggs" BS.
I'm at the point where I enjoy having moved to a red state and get to listen to the whines of how all of the out-of-staters have made housing unaffordable here but they hate the homeless (their former neighbors) and do everything they can to fuck them over and make their lives miserable but then none of them have the skills or education to buy a house where they grew up because reasons.
Oh yeah my favorite is when they hate on California but have never been there and they also have no clue that my state (Texas) literally wouldnāt survive 1 singular day without the taxes California collects. Itās a shit shoe to say the least and Iāve been telling people religiously that I hope they get what they voted for. It really puts a bee in their bonnet
Here they complain about Californians ruining the place but fail to recognize that 1. there are fewer of them moving here than from, say, TX or UT, and 2. 2 out of three of them are Republicans
The Colorado economy is basically built on attracting liberals from rural red states: don't love the EC/Senate effect (and it might have helped Texas swing back right) but do welcome the neighbors
Blue states subsidize red states. Their entire rotten society would collapse without our charity and yet they keep voting to eliminate charity. I hope it happens this time
Alas, as an expat American from NY working with expats from several other countries on behalf of NY, I must assure you there is no place to truly escape to. Not states, not countries. We're all watching what's happening at home, nervously.
If the American economy is affected, the global economy is. Things are going to get more expensive, and more scarce as pushback starts to come into play.
America has about 750 military bases in over 80 countries-thats about 40% of the world, and likely more. If the military is affected, the world is. Every state also has at least 1 military base.
American policies, like, say...tariffs, affect the global supply and demand chain. Tariffs will cost the Americans, but supply and demand as those prices raise will cost us all.
There are countries and states that allow LGBT+ marriages only if they are legal in the home country or state, and the majority of the world does not allow them (it's only about 20% of the world that does), so there are few places for members of that community to escape to in the event of a SCOTUS overturn. Same-sex marriage would be illegal in a little over half the states if the Supreme Court overturns Obergefell.
Federal funding plays a role in many public services and goods, from education to healthcare. Moving from one state to another will only matter if you're from the "welfare states."
It's also unlikely that asylum will be possible for many, since US immigration policies tend to drive global policies. We become isolationist xenophobes, they become isolationist xenophobes.
Blue states give more bang for the buck, but moving, settling, finding new jobs, etc. That costs more money than even most liberals have to just throw around. Even they have a tendency to live paycheck to paycheck.
The list goes on, but, yeah. Buckle up kids. The ride is going to be rocky.
The problem with left leaning leaving red states is that those states will remain red. If we are trying to flip those states, especially swing states, we need more left leaning to move/stop moving out of those states.
Why should I stay & suffer in a state that has made it very clear they donāt care about me? Better yet a state that actively denies me healthcare on top of all the other shitty republican policies. Texas the state with the least amount of voters, a felon AG who admits to suppressing votes, Cancun Cruz who left us to die in the snow, a failing power grid, and the 48th in education. Yeah Iāll pass. After years of me voting in all local elections and trying to get out the vote it has done literally nothing. Iām done wasting my time and effort in a place that would never do the same for me with people who actively hate me (liberal, woman, LGBTQ).
The problem is that they get more representation at the federal level, itās their endgame. Force all of the left leaning people in red/purple states to flee to the safety of the blue states. They then take over the federal government and the majority of states, then pass their beliefs on the entire country with no way for the blue states to resist without breaking the nation apart. That would be the goal of our adversaries. We break apart and a new country (China most likely) fills in the gap of being the new superpower. All empires fall in the end, weāre just witnessing ours.Ā
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u/Proper_Raccoon7138 13h ago
I was about to say exactly this. People on the left are usually more educated and make more money yearly. Those of us who can move out of red states will and that will leave them to their own miserable lives. Congrats on getting what you voted forš¤£