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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 2007556" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>There’s been quite a bit of US Balkanization talk over the past year or so. I think it has less to do with election results and more to do with an obvious schism between the left and right. Overall, it's pretty much an urban vs. suburban/rural divergence. The heavy population centers, particularly in the northeast, upper midwest and west coast all lean left. The south and middle America lean right. Both sides accuse the other of being a parasite and draw their conclusions using so-called "statistics". In truth the relationship isn't parasitic at all, it's symbiotic. Can you really argue that most of the wealth in the nation is created in the major urban centers? Likewise, are most of the natural resources not developed and produced in rural areas? </p><p></p><p>Without the wealth, you won't have the capital to explore, develop and produce the resources. Without the resources, an urban population center is unsustainable. Balkanization will redistribute wealth and prosperity on a local and regional scale. Some will descend into poverty while others will become very rich. Other than the distribution method, how is that any different than what we have now?</p><p></p><p>Until we learn to stop marginalizing those who differ from us and learn to accentuate the positives so to speak, we’ll continue descending into petty partisan politics. All the more to our detriment unfortunately. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 2007556, member: 1132"] There’s been quite a bit of US Balkanization talk over the past year or so. I think it has less to do with election results and more to do with an obvious schism between the left and right. Overall, it's pretty much an urban vs. suburban/rural divergence. The heavy population centers, particularly in the northeast, upper midwest and west coast all lean left. The south and middle America lean right. Both sides accuse the other of being a parasite and draw their conclusions using so-called "statistics". In truth the relationship isn't parasitic at all, it's symbiotic. Can you really argue that most of the wealth in the nation is created in the major urban centers? Likewise, are most of the natural resources not developed and produced in rural areas? Without the wealth, you won't have the capital to explore, develop and produce the resources. Without the resources, an urban population center is unsustainable. Balkanization will redistribute wealth and prosperity on a local and regional scale. Some will descend into poverty while others will become very rich. Other than the distribution method, how is that any different than what we have now? Until we learn to stop marginalizing those who differ from us and learn to accentuate the positives so to speak, we’ll continue descending into petty partisan politics. All the more to our detriment unfortunately. :( [/QUOTE]
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