Eric
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And this was in Florida, of course.
That’s Flori-duh.
The south: Floriduh, Alabackwards, Missisloppy, and Lousyanna.
Alternatively, how to persuade enough voting-blue folks to move to the deep South out of love for some good food, good company and... a desire to flip southern politics into the purple zone at a faster pace.
Its as if there is a conspiracy to keep the south as unappealing sounding to the left as possible. It's like mental gerrymandering.
It's about like any other place. If you live in the cities, you've got your mind and service jobs, like IT professionals, insurance sales, data analysis, nursing, and whatnot. If you live in the country, you either work on a farm, chicken slaughterhouse, or in one of the carpet factories.
I think the problem in the south is where is the money and job opportunities? Young people tend to be blue and they tend to go where there's money and job opportunities. I'm not saying the south is one big unemployment line but as somebody who lives in the Silicon Valley I don't see any advertisements to attract young motivated people to move there, with the possible exception of Atlanta. Usually the only thing we hear about the south here isn't positive.
Its as if there is a conspiracy to keep the south as unappealing sounding to the left as possible. It's like mental gerrymandering.
Yep, and actually there are tech hubs in the south, often focused around universities... it's just that the media and expanding companies tend not to focus on them often enough... plus new jobs are still as hard to come by these days in those areas as anywhere else. But we do need more pitches to develop better jobs in other than already built-up areas.
Younger workers may talk about how they don't want to be in the boondocks but really there's nothing young parents like better than to find affordable housing 20, 30 miles out from a medium sized city that's also less than 90 minutes from a larger city with more entertainment and cultural opportunities.
All our pols need to think much more outside the box than they do now, with all these godblasted tax-break incentives for behemoths to open up another HQ in some metropolis that already suffers from overcrowded public transit, unaffordable rents and overall jacked-up costs of living.
This excellent adaptation of a Sleeping Beauty theme is definitely for the idiots in that aisle of the Target store...
That's Beauty and the Beast, Liz. Not judging. Just sayin'.
Ya got me... I flunked fairy tale movies 101...
Yep, and actually there are tech hubs in the south, often focused around universities... it's just that the media and expanding companies tend not to focus on them often enough... plus new jobs are still as hard to come by these days in those areas as anywhere else. But we do need more pitches to develop better jobs in other than already built-up areas.
Younger workers may talk about how they don't want to be in the boondocks but really there's nothing young parents like better than to find affordable housing 20, 30 miles out from a medium sized city that's also less than 90 minutes from a larger city with more entertainment and cultural opportunities.
All our pols need to think much more outside the box than they do now, with all these godblasted tax-break incentives for behemoths to open up another HQ in some metropolis that already suffers from overcrowded public transit, unaffordable rents and overall jacked-up costs of living.
Obviously data doesn't support that notion, but it's a resistant culture to outside influences.
Well, I grew up during the Disney Renaissance, so I know all about their movies from that era. Every one of them from Aladdin seemed like a huge deal.
Yeah talk about fairy tales... the idea that southern states don't depend on either northern ones or the federal government. A central myth of southern political culture to this day. Stepping on their own future in a lot of ways. I thought that would change more after Clinton was elected in '92 but that era coincided with the rise of the religious right and the culture wars really kicked into high gear.
Think the only ones I saw were an early 50s re-release of the 1937 Snow White, and mid-50s release of Cinderella. So I'm a Disney dunce!
That makes total sense that the right-wing started going after the religious right when their "bootstrap" strategy started being decimated by the Clintons in the 90s. It's very similar to the rise to the Tea Party in the Obama era.
There are some really beautiful places in the south and in red areas of the west. We have a beautiful country abundant with natural resources to feed, house and care for every person in this country. It's a continuous tragedy that the powers that be spin lies that we don't.
I was just reading a NYT opinion piece about populism:
IMO, only a major Trump loss will steer elections back to the people. If the Dems win, they will really have to deliver on crisis management (which they did in 2008-2010) AND make some systemic changes to aid people, not corporations. Obama tried, but every attempt was thwarted by Republicans in the Senate.Opinion | Why They Loved Him (Published 2020)
The president tricked working-class voters. But the problems he railed about are real.www.nytimes.com
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