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Mark's avatar

A red America would be in some ways like Brexit.

Brexit was basically Tories saying "Vote for it and we'll stop Poles, Romanians, and Turks from coming here and stealing your jobs..."

And then after the vote adding the 2nd part of "and get even more Nigerians, Pakistanis, and Chinese/Indian types instead".

Pretty much what you described.

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CS's avatar

Great piece. Republicans openly becoming anti-H1B will be a turning point in the party away from the ICP and towards our interests, but if will ever happen is up for debate. Trump, Musk, etc. seem amicable as ever towards indians, especially with Vivek.

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Mark's avatar

R’s are pro cutting legal immigration. Trump actually did. But yeah Elon’s position on legal immigration is absolutely awful and worrying long term.

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Longstreet's avatar

Republicans have been losing every economic and social issue since FDR. They have no moral arguments of their own. Rather, they agree with liberal morality, sooner, or later. 20 years ago, even Obama was against gay marriage. Now, no one debates it. They are so many examples.

The root cause of our plight is our government. Rank and file bureaucrats are lazy leaches who pretend to work. Those with ambition just want to enrich themselves. The results? We havek destroyed the social fabric of our communities.

White America has lost the will to live. We have few children. We don’t get or stayed married. Everyone is a social media zombie. Suicides are skyrocketing. Drug addiction is exploding.

Meanwhile, our government is printing mountains of money, the most pernicious form of taxation. Our cities are rotting. Our educational institutions indoctrinate instead of helping young people think critically. Meanwhile, they openly infect our children with the mental illness of gender choices and then mutilate the most gullible.

Our military-industrial complex wants global nuclear war with Russia and China.How has that worked out in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine, and Vietnam?

Meanwhile, a lot of voters felt our last presidential election was corrupt. Our government’s response? Throw dissenters in jail.

Just to make things really interesting, let’s allow millions of military-aged foreign men stampede over or borders.

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RAISON D'ETRE FOR THE NATION's avatar

I think we are much closer to the demographic becoming more identitatirian than we realize. It just takes one more term of Biden to seal the deal. Oklahoma City doesn't strike me as a very keyed Red town. They are the Maga base of pro Israel evangelicals that do want to be let alone. With the shift of media, natural resources, finance and tech already present and or moving to red states, Red America is a lot wealthier than people think. Feds have Modern Monetary Theory driven policies which are only good if spent on effective economic development. The "Green New Steal" as America First Policy broke down this week, is a galore of subsidies and investment for unreliable energy. A recipe for disaster. You couldn't make this up. Good article. I enjoyed the stimulating conversation.

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