• EndofLife@feddit.org
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    10 hours ago

    As a person that has only lived in blue states, I feel like these maps suck. The only left thinking areas in my states are pretty much the populated cities, and the rest is like a Hitler youth camp.

    (Dramatization?)

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      9 hours ago

      I mean, it’s not like it’s any different in a lot of Canada, the polarization has gotten pretty unreal everywhere. Alaska has a lot more in common with the Yukon and Northwest Territories too than they do with southern red states.

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      10 hours ago

      Ohh yeah, I’ve also had that feeling. The Midwest is awfully like that, I’ll vouch for it.

    • Itisreallyboring@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      And a lot of that Land should be handed over to the natives. We could call them “Native American Nations”… Chummer.

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    14 hours ago

    To satisfy my own curiosity:

    Country Population Population (rank) Area (sq m) Area (sq km) Area (rank) GDP (nominal, millions USD) GDP (rank)
    USC 194,357,245 7th 4,702,746 12,180,058 6th 17,193,047 2nd
    Jesusland 178,557,334 8th 2,949,098 7,638,130 8th 14,247,704 3rd

    Non-state territories like Puerto Rico and Guam are not included in either country’s numbers due to not being depicted in the image, save for Washington DC because that one is in the image

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      The state that brought us Sarah Palin and helped kick off the Trump-style candidacy?

      Yeah, no. It’s been hard conservative for a long time.

      Remember “the internet is a series of tubes” guy? Yeah, he was a Republican senator for Alaska and he said it in 2006. So Alaska has been full of political shit takes for at least twenty years.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes

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        8 hours ago

        Alaska conservatism is hella different from mainland conservatism. Alaskans are conservartive in the, “Leave me the fuck alone, don’t tell me what to do, don’t want your rules, regulations and laws. We’re doing just fine, fuck off.”

        Which may sound like standard conservative sensibilities, but Alaska takes the idea of American independence to a whole 'nother level. When you live in the boondocks, you have to be self-reliant. When you live in Alaska, you will die if you’re not able to care for yourself.

        Does that make any sense? Worn out from work and spewing thoughts. Anyway, I’ve seen and lived both sides, I get it.

  • RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The sad thing is is that I live in Eastern Oregon and they are very very red too. To the point of them constantly jerking off to the fantasy of breaking off and joining Idaho