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  • Drewfro66@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 hours ago

    Because they care about and represent landowners, not people. You should not be considered an “American” unless you own part of America, not just if you live there.

    A single family that owns a 10-acre farm are “Real Americans”. 500 people living in an apartment building don’t count, because they don’t own property.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    17 hours ago

    That does really seem to be what they think. That people who live in cities are orcs or something and don’t count.

    They tend to have completely bizarre perceptions of what city life is like, too. Like I haven’t been in any gunfights today and I haven’t had to fight off us-foreign-policy looters us-foreign-policy either.

    I think that’s ultimately what this whole stupid map area thing is - whatever demographics they think live in cities, they’re saying that those groups of people aren’t " real americans" and shouldn’t be accorded the rights of citizens.

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      11 hours ago

      That’s exactly what they think and it’s hilarious. People will talk about how “such and such city was burned to the ground and there’s roving gangs of Auntie Va roaming the streets getting into shootouts with MS-13.” Of course some of them are being disingenuous, but the average normie chud repeating what they see on Fox News is completely detached from reality.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    21 hours ago

    there are zero red states either, except oklahoma. so you win, i guess. your prize: oklahoma in 2024.

    be sure to collect your winnings (oklahoma) on your way home (to oklahoma) or it (oklahoma) will be towed away at your expense.

  • M68040 [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    20 hours ago

    And I trust those cities far more than everything else. Not to imply they’re ran by the best and brightest, by any means, but that shit sucks a lot less than the gormless fucks running all those red counties

    • Chronicon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      18 hours ago

      for me its mostly the fact that there’s people around. People you can talk to, people you can ignore or just vibe around, people driving and riding public transit, and people who will help you when you need it. Even if rural people were 10x more kind and helpful (and they aren’t), there’s 100x more people around in a city, so it gets completely counterbalanced by sheer volume

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    22 hours ago

    If they want to start of by balkanising the US into this I’m cool with that. I suspect the economy of that red area would be more than halved.

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      1 day ago

      “But we need the electoral college so that the states with the most population don’t get to enforce their will on the rest!!!”

      Weirdly enough, you never see these people advocate for giving preferential weight to the votes of black people, trans people, or any other minority population that’s actually oppressed

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    22 hours ago

    yeah all those fuckin meadow voles, prairie dogs, snakes, and so on sure are voting for republicans. meanwhile, in places where humans live, it looks like they prefer dems. thonk