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Interesting read. This may be unfair to Louisiana based on this case, but I've heard the USA described as a federation of a bunch of states and some 3rd world
by hydrogen7800 6mo ago
Interesting read. This may be unfair to Louisiana based on this case, but I've heard the USA described as a federation of a bunch of states and some 3rd world countries.
- wakawaka28 6mo agoI think you can find something bad in every state, even "rich" ones. Edit: Who the hell would downvote this?
- bombcar 6mo agoYou’re not allowed to suggest anything could be wrong with rich states.
- wmf 6mo agoI've read about similar fraud rings in Los Angeles and Brooklyn.
- shreveport 6mo ago[flagged]
- pavel_lishin 6mo agoWhat's the funny thing?
- selimthegrim 6mo agoJust a garden variety racist pretending they live in the state
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- egypturnash 6mo agoNew Orleans native here. It's not unfair. We're consistently one of the worst states in the nation in so many measures. Corruption is rampant.
- shreveport 6mo ago[flagged]
- pavel_lishin 6mo agoWhat thing?
- TurdF3rguson 6mo agoWell, when tourism is in decline, all those clowns and fake psychics in Jackson Square still need to eat.
- slicktux 6mo agoIt’s a Republic of states that are Democratic. Some states have cities with terrible poverty but never the case where the whole state can be categorized as such.
- walrus01 6mo agoI've heard the USA described as "a third world country wearing a Gucci belt"
- mjklin 6mo ago“One of the best descriptions of this political culture came from A.J. Liebling, who called Louisiana "the westernmost of the Arab states" and observed that its politics "is of an intensity and complexity that are matched, in my experience, only in the Republic of Lebanon. Louisiana is part of the Hellenistic—Mediterranean littoral—sensual, seductive, speculative, devious." - The Book of America, Hagstrom and Peirce
- steve-atx-7600 6mo agoAllow me to elaborate on the political culture. I lived in LA in the early 90s when the governors race was between a former KKK Leander and Edwin Edward’s who once said "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy”. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Louisiana_gubernatorial_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Louisiana_gubernatorial_e....