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Does anyone else notice that almost all Third World countries have very conservative societies whereas almost all First world countries tend to have societies that are liberal?
I know many conservatives will not be happy with this finding but the facts are there for all to see. Why do you think this pattern exists throughout the world?
Facts? What facts are those - the ones you've made up after a night of heavy drinking? Sheesh!
This nonsense doesn't even merit a reasonable response.
These bastions of conservatism have a very low standard of living. In fact the quality of life in states like Alabama and Mississippi is comparable to that of many Third World countries.
Compare red states in the great plains to southern red states and you'll find a stark contrast. It's very simple. Southern states have the highest percentage of blacks in this country, with several states around 30% or higher (which is three times the national average). Blacks have higher dropout rates, higher crime rates, higher welfare/food stamp rates, higher poverty rates and fare worse on many other social and economic scales. The high percentage of blacks skews the entire south with negative statistics. The blacks who skew those numbers so negatively in the south also overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
This isn't intended as a racist statement, it's simply an uncomfortable fact. What you're trying to say is that these areas lag because they're Conservative. What you're actually saying is that these areas lag because they're where the highest concentrations of black people live, while trying to blame bible-thumping redneck Conservatives.
This is pure genius. I love the logic that must have poured from your fingers as you typed that. I'm serious.
Lefties don't ever want to consider different demographic groups.
We are waiting to see the stampede of people running to New York for all of the wonderful opportunity there..... Wait.... They are all leaving New York.. They are all heading south, but why?
Not because of political views, but because of economics. Much of the North lost their blue-collar work base through much of the late 1960s-1990s. The cost of living was generally lower in the South, as were corporate taxes. Both conditions combined prompted many to move South, and that phenomenon continued until recently. The North is again coming back. Manufacturing is returning, old Rust Belt cities are revitalizing, and the cost of living in most of the North is now equal to the South, eliminating much of the economic reasons for moving there. It had nothing to do with liberal vs. conservative views. And ironically, you kind of prove the point of the thread. Much of the blue population moving to the South has diluted the conservatism. North Carolina and Virginia went Democrat in the last presidential election, and both have had high growth and rising GDP. It took blue Northerners moving south to improve their economies and status.
Do you not understand that no one was talking about that. There are plenty of third world countries that grew faster than the United States, would you say that they are going to overtake the United States?
When you have conservative social constructs that allow uneducated masses to have tons of babies, it's pretty easy to see high population growth. China and India are prime examples, though China's rate is gradually falling as more people move into the middle class.
Compare red states in the great plains to southern red states and you'll find a stark contrast. It's very simple. Southern states have the highest percentage of blacks in this country, with several states around 30% or higher (which is three times the national average). Blacks have higher dropout rates, higher crime rates, higher welfare/food stamp rates, higher poverty rates and fare worse on many other social and economic scales. The high percentage of blacks skews the entire south with negative statistics. The blacks who skew those numbers so negatively in the south also overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
This isn't intended as a racist statement, it's simply an uncomfortable fact. What you're trying to say is that these areas lag because they're Conservative. What you're actually saying is that these areas lag because they're where the highest concentrations of black people live, while trying to blame bible-thumping redneck Conservatives.
None of those things have anything to do with race, but education. Low education tends to lead to higher crime, higher poverty. These conditions are not inherent to a particular race.
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They are all heading south, but why?
