• danc4498@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wish democrats would make moving to places like Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming a priority

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      Who’s going to give up their entire quality of life to be a small snowflake hoping to make an avalanche? For the politics, it’s a very small contribution. But for the family, it’s huge. You’d be losing job prospects, friends and family, activity availability, local politics, healthcare quality and access, and most importantly: being treated like a person if you aren’t a right-wing cishet white male of means.

      Almost no one’s going to take that trade and they shouldn’t.

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        The idea is to move there in enough numbers to overwhelm the GOP majority and make the state not be a shithole anymore.

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          Yeah, it’s hard enough to get blue voters to stay in those shitholes. Why would any sane person who already lives in a blue state want to move to a red one?

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          Have you done this? A few people suggesting people uproot their lives and ruin their QOL to maybe make a dent that a single GOP law could thwart.

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            Never said I have done it or even endorse it, just explaining the concept since OP seemed to not understand the theory behind it.

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        The cost of living in my “red state” is much lower than most places in “blue states” so I’ll be staying here and enjoying my financial well-being even though I’m not a Trumptard. While I don’t enjoy seeing rednecks everywhere showing off their dumb opinions, I still enjoy having money more than I don’t like that other stuff.

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          I’ve said before, and ill say it again. For myself, I’d rather be poor in a place that respects human rights, instead of rich in a place that shits on them.

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            Sounds mighty principled of you. As for me, I’ve spent enough of my years in poverty already, so now that I’m out of it I’m pretty content with my situation.

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              It’s not principled. Some people just read history. Money only means safety when equal, stable, rights (ownership is a right) are enforced by the state. Not trying to change your mind, just be careful. The people you think are being “principled” may see threats you don’t.

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        Montana and Wyoming are among the most beautiful places on earth. Not sure why the Dakotas were included…

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          You’d have to bring a whole city. What I’d be losing moving from D.C. to Wyoming is not fixable by bringing a few friends. Museums? Enough population that shows and bands play there regularly?

          Also, who can actually convince friends and family to move themselves across the country to a shithole for politics? Have you done that?

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      But don’t I have to be a republican to like guns, hunting, and outdoorsy stuff?

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        You don’t have to enjoy any of that to move there. If you bring your liberal community with you, you can just keep doing what you enjoy, just in a significantly cheaper state.

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        As a progressive person who likes fishing and doesn’t put up with bigotry, it is very challenging to find fishing buddies.

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      I think more Democrats moving to swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina would be higher priority if people are free to move wherever purely based on political reasons.

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      You mean lefties. Democrats are neoliberal assholes. And I’m still not moving to some red shithole.