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There is a rather huge expanse of land where that "sea of red" is very, very few people compared to the rest of the country. The color maps are silly and decept

• true_religion 10y ago
  Perhaps, but if a geographical area of your country produces most of your food, and contains nearly all of your natural resources, you can't look at the citizens who choose to live there and say "sorry guys, there's too few of you so we're going to ignore your wants and desires". Such is the path to resentment, secession and violent revolution.
  • eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    >Perhaps, but if a geographical area of your country produces most of your food, As a matter of fact, much to most of our food comes from California. >Such is the path to resentment, secession and violent revolution. Why is ignoring the majority of the people, who produce 2/3 of the GDP, not considered a path to resentment, secession, and violent revolution? That is, why should we in the sane, tolerant, productive, non-fascist majority not just declare independence from a government which plainly has no intention of listening to our voices or interests, which rigs elections against us year after year, and which considers itself the only legitimate Americans? Why should only the loser minority get to revolt?
    • true_religion 10y ago
      > As a matter of fact, much to most of our food comes from California. Nope. It's 11% by value.[1] The breadbasket of America is still keeping its namesake, then Texas produces the most beef. [1]http://beef2live.com/story-states-produce-food-value-0-107252 http://beef2live.com/story-states-produce-food-value-0-10725...
    • jquery 10y ago
      Does the red or the blue half of California grow the food? I suspect the red does.