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110 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Aug 2023 \ on: Covid political hindsight. Republican lockdowns? meta
I agree that it's worthwhile to remember that national Republicans completely failed to protect Americans' civil liberties (What else is new?).
However, you're missing that the vast bulk of covid tyranny was implemented by local Democrats. Also, to the extent politics is downstream of culture, the popular support to lockdown came overwhelmingly from the left.
As far as the best US political arrangement, I'd say it's just a conservative court + gridlock. I completely disagree on the governor point. People are fleeing Blue America by the millions every year as crime, taxes, and cost of living skyrocket. The ideal situation in my mind is to live in a college town in a Red State; you get the best of both worlds that way.
Yes, although I'll counter that the majority of violent crime is actually Republican states. 8 of the top 10 are Red. As far as gridlock, I like that. No American should ever want a single Party controlling everything, even if they're part of that Party. But how do you get that across to people?
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Almost all violent crime is in the cities, almost all controlled by the left and with large black population
Rural areas don’t have high rates of crime.
Public defenders work in cities
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Rural areas don’t have high rates of crime.
Usually, but there is a lot of crime in Appalachia.
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