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In general terms, yes. It is just another one of the tribal issues in US politics that gets argued starting from ideology and not debated on the merits.
by rootusrootus 6y ago
In general terms, yes. It is just another one of the tribal issues in US politics that gets argued starting from ideology and not debated on the merits.
- wallacoloo 6y agoI think in this case the demographic split actually is correlated to the merits. As in, if you’re in a dense city, you’re probably more pro-rail, because you’ll be the one actually using that rail. If you’re in a culdesac suburb or even further from the city, you’re likely to not be pro-rail because you won’t be using it. You could call that tribal, or you could just call it “voting for your interests”. It feels slightly different from the tribal issues I see more frequently (policing, healthcare, schooling), but maybe I’m fooling myself.