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kleinbl00  ·  356 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: January 24, 2024

There have been four or five "civil war" books along the same lines, all of which fundamentally ignore the basic reality of life in America in the 21st century.

Mississippi is a red fukkn' state. I think we can agree on that, right? Yet in 2022:

House district 1 went 27% democrat.

House district 2 went 40% democrat.

House district 3 went 30% democrat.

House district 4 went 25% democrat.

The Jewish population of Germany in 1933 was zero point seven six percent. The Jewish population of Germany in 1939 was zero point three four percent. This is not a pogrom situation, this is not a red vs blue situation, this is half the population being unable to contemplate the other half of the population in the abstract because nobody bowls together anymore.

The thing everybody who is terminally online forgets is the broad bulk of the population doesn't want to worry about this shit. They want to live their fucking lives. YES. They want to forget about January 6. Because the supermarket is still open and they can still make it to urgent care if they have to. NO. They're not going to tune in to Trump free-associating death panels or some shit just because they think gas is too expensive.