The population of the CSA in 1865 was 9 million. The population of red districts in 2019 is ~ 150 million. ...and it's been 150 years. Maybe this time the blue tribers blink at the idea of killing 3% of the US population? (probably not...but maybe!)https://twitter.com/Nate_McMurray/status/1143848741012721665 …
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I think you and I both can agree that, should such an exit occur on the worst of terms (no trade whatsoever), the local well-off "racists" will become a much bigger target than distant "racists" who they can't take their anger out on.
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The "privilege" argument won't go away. It will intensify and refocus on "allies". And they will not like it.
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> price ... riots (1) blue states are rich (2) USG can print money / already does print money (3) food is a commodity - price for beef from Mexico is same as from Montana (4) groceries costs $2,641 / person / yr. For 100 million people that's $260 billion, or 6.8% of USG budget
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so even if civ war 2 started tomorrow, and 100% of food was cut off from blue states (not true bc blue states generate a lot of food, and bc blue states could easily secure some red states), then DC could increase spending by 5% and buy groceries for every blue state citizen
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>it's an argument that dozens of people make every day Someone who desires exit has an incentive to perpetuate it even if it isn't strictly true, in order to agitate the opposition to also desire exit just to prove us wrong.
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I have no problem w some red rando saying bullshit to some blue rando. I get quite irritated when some red rando says it to me because (a) it is false (b) it is dumb (c) a + b = wastes my time Which brings us full circle: you said this to me. Why? To "agitate the opposition"?
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