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Putting Ontario with the Midlands is the most  thing ever
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Ice Phisherman posted:I look at this and see multiple failed states waiting to happen. Everyone always posts it wrong but it's not meant to be a map of suggested states or future states or something, It's supposed to be a description of current america with the various cultural enclaves with generally common ancestors that migrated at roughly the same time for the same reasons. It's not saying "these should be countries", it's saying "if you think of the US as this group of countries it's helpful" the people in the deep south did not move to the south at the same time as the people from northern parts of the thirteen colonies and didn't come from the same countries originally and did not move for the same reasons so it's trying to explain how they ended up having such a different worldview. It's basically a map of "these ethnic groups moved here in a particular migration event"
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May 29, 2017 03:44
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Fojar38 posted:Putting Ontario with the Midlands is the most Insisting any part of Texas as anything but Texas. Seriously, what is this "Greater Appalachia" bullshit extending all the loving way to pick up Austin, let alone West loving Texas and nibbling into New Mexico? I realize it's a cultural map, but holy poo poo that is some heavy white-washing if you think central and west Texas have anything at all to do with Appalachia.
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May 29, 2017 03:47
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Office Pig posted:Yes lets expect a statement on Portland from the people who edited the gay away from Luxembourg. That was a disgusting, petty insult. This is a national tragedy.
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May 29, 2017 03:48
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alpha_destroy posted:I know racism plays a large part of this, but I've also always wondered if some massive self-hatred plays in too. Like, they're ashamed they are not donor states so gently caress the safety net. Nah, they straight up can't understand that they are on welfare. See, they're the only people in America who deserve their benefits, everyone else is just a moocher who is freeloading and taking MAH TAXES! So these cuts will only affect the millions of people who are there fraudulently, who just so happen to all be darker than them. Lote posted:If the US were to break up into states, I would imagine Alaska and Hawaii get chopped up / end up as minor territories to other countries. You'll have a west coast state, Mormon Utah, Mountain States / Unclaimed, Mid West, Texas / Southwest, South, and Northeast. Maybe a small independent south Florida. How can people screw this up so bad? Huh. I figured we'd need a nuclear war to get to see NCR vs. the Legion, but we're just leapfrogging that entirely. Rinkles posted:That was a disgusting, petty insult. This is a national tragedy. Not to Trump it isn't, since he can't claim to be the smartest and best, so its fake news.
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May 29, 2017 03:48
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Alkydere posted:Insisting any part of Texas as anything but Texas. it's stupid bullshit for idiots behold a more likely map of postunion breakaway states 
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May 29, 2017 03:49
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Also he was definitely a Trump voter and it's not like he's stood up to his base yet.
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May 29, 2017 03:50
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Alkydere posted:Insisting any part of Texas as anything but Texas. Also majority-black counties in the southern US are culturally "Confederate" Quebec and New Orleans are the same culture because uh there's some French in there I guess 
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May 29, 2017 03:54
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Fojar38 posted:Putting Ontario with the Midlands is the most Half of Yankeedom is completely cut off from the other half and reliant on the Midlands not loving them over. Also, the Midlands is reliant on New France not screwing them over on trade. Alkydere posted:Insisting any part of Texas as anything but Texas. Basically, if the USA were to fracture, you'd have the former Confederate States, WV, MO, OK, and the southern halves of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois try to become the New Confederacy. Texas would try to take a leading role in the government and claim the capital and the internal squabble would break down because the Texans would be insufferable.. Texas would take east to Shreveport and Lake Charles and north to Tulsa/OKC and try to claim as far West, likely the Rio Grande. That America 2050 map is way off for Texas, unless they predict that population to shrink. Dallas / Fort Worth Metro Area is already 7 million. Lote fucked around with this message at 04:02 on May 29, 2017 |
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May 29, 2017 03:56
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NikkolasKing posted:There's gotta be a president who was the most...uh, warmongering? Genocidal? Who would that be? Jackson wins for genocidal. For warmongering... FDR? 
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May 29, 2017 03:59
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boner confessor posted:it's stupid bullshit for idiots Yeeeea! 757's in a good one!
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May 29, 2017 03:59
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Texas would immediately fail as an independent state, because although in theory we send about as much to the federal government as we get back on average, in practice Texas would never tax appropriately and become a corrupt bankrupt crumbling petrostate trying to squeeze more blood from the poor to fill its massive budget hole
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May 29, 2017 04:00
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VitalSigns posted:Quebec and New Orleans are the same culture because uh there's some French in there I guess new orleans and atlanta are more similar than new orleans and montreal. the only thing montreal and nola have in common nowadays is that they're both somewhat depressed, bohemian port cities with deep and credible cultural pride
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May 29, 2017 04:02
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Rinkles posted:No comment on Portland, right? That is pretty hosed up, even for DT. Let's face it, he's likely to skip right past Portland Nazi and go to the guy in Mississippi who killed a deputy and, I think, 7 others because the shooter was black.
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May 29, 2017 04:02
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VitalSigns posted:Texas would immediately fail as an independent state, because although in theory we send about as much to the federal government as we get back on average, in practice Texas would never tax appropriately and become a corrupt bankrupt crumbling petrostate trying to squeeze more blood from the poor to fill its massive budget hole I've been reading the Venezuela thread, I am ready. 
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May 29, 2017 04:02
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VitalSigns posted:Quebec and New Orleans are the same culture because uh there's some French in there I guess Ehhh, yes and no. Creole are a different animal from the Québécois. Though the Cajuns are indeed related to the French Canadians and bridge the gap somewhat historically, their current cultures are not the same anymore. This is kinda like saying Mexicans and South Americans are the same culture... StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 04:05 on May 29, 2017 |
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May 29, 2017 04:03
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VitalSigns posted:Texas would immediately fail as an independent state, because although in theory we send about as much to the federal government as we get back on average, in practice Texas would never tax appropriately and become a corrupt bankrupt crumbling petrostate trying to squeeze more blood from the poor to fill its massive budget hole They would fund through sales and property taxes. No income tax. It would be super regressive.
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May 29, 2017 04:04
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Jackson wins for genocidal. FDR would be a good fit for both. Japanese Interment and the Trail of Tears are kind of on equal footing for human rights abuses, its just one was unconstitutional at the time and one wasn't.
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May 29, 2017 04:04
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Starting to get really impatient that the WH hasn't outright imploded yet.
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May 29, 2017 04:05
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acadians in quebec would probably want nothing to do with mostly-anglophonic christian fundamentalist acadians in louisiana
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May 29, 2017 04:05
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Ehhh, yes and no. Creole are a different animal from the Québécois. Though the Cajuns are indeed related to the French Canadians and bridge the gap somewhat historically, their current cultures are not the same anymore. This is kinda like saying Mexicans and South Americans are the same culture... Yes exactly I was criticizing the map for labeling them all the same culture because "uh, French?"
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May 29, 2017 04:08
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Jealous Cow posted:
Trump is definitely a muscular adonis and certainly not a elderly obese sack of crap. Also these random internet blogs sure closed the case on those ,heh, "esteemed journalists".
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May 29, 2017 04:11
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Pollyanna posted:Starting to get really impatient that the WH hasn't outright imploded yet. Trump hasn't reached critical mass yet.
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May 29, 2017 04:13
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Like at least read the page before complaining about that map. It's literally just "who colonized this" and "when" not a suggestion of real workable countries or single culture.
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May 29, 2017 04:13
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The actual article is trying to tie counties to cultural groups in a way that explains their differing views on gun and state violence. It's not an all-encompassing thing at all.
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May 29, 2017 04:14
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VitalSigns posted:Yes exactly I was criticizing the map for labeling them all the same culture because "uh, French?" They both have long strips of farmland with a tiny abutment along the river, they look the same to me from 30K feet
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May 29, 2017 04:14
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Fulchrum posted:Okay, and when people hate you anyway because you didn't fix anything forever and they buy into both sides hating the collective and looking out for themselves? AKA the situation Dems are in now? http://www.paradoxicalcommandments.com/ posted:Help people anyway. Not for glory, fame or praise, but the ideal that threads through our best intentions, our higher calling. There will always be those who will struggle against progress, but I sincerely believe that for every malcontent whom is passionate enough to do harm and evil there are at least two more who given context will stand bulwark against it. This is why we need everyone we can do participate in government. Libertarianism in unto itself is civic nihilism.
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May 29, 2017 04:16
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I'm pretty sure no state could exist on its own without sacrificing some massive resource a developed nation requires.
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May 29, 2017 04:17
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RuanGacho posted:Not for glory, fame or praise, but the ideal that threads through our best intentions, our higher calling. There will always be those who will struggle against progress, but I sincerely believe that for every malcontent whom is passionate enough to do harm and evil there are at least two more who given context will stand bulwark against it. Thats a very nice inspiring speech to give to Dems who aren't looking to stop helping anyone in the first place. The big drat problem is that this doesn't translate into votes, and all the ambitious plans and lofty ideals in the world are meaningless without the power to execute them. And as the last election proves, no, the people willing to stand firm on the bulwarks against the passionate advocates of evil and hate. Meanwhile, the people on the sidelines think that they just aren't being offered enough for their time in standing for what is right and true in this world. Mustached Demon posted:I'm pretty sure no state could exist on its own without sacrificing some massive resource a developed nation requires. What would California need?
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May 29, 2017 04:23
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm pretty sure no state could exist on its own without sacrificing some massive resource a developed nation requires. California maybe? Water might be an issue.
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May 29, 2017 04:25
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Teriyaki Koinku posted:I didn't Trump and co. to take the 'Hitler in his Bunker' analogy so literally (and so quickly!). They've already started burning records! https://twitter.com/RobbinSimmons7/status/868991562168115200
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May 29, 2017 04:27
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Mustached Demon posted:I'm pretty sure no state could exist on its own without sacrificing some massive resource a developed nation requires. Actual countries are like that too. Japan's mineral imports dwarf its domestic production, especially for things like iron ore.
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May 29, 2017 04:29
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Party Plane Jones posted:They've already started burning records! [sandstorm plays distantly in background]
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May 29, 2017 04:29
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Party Plane Jones posted:They've already started burning records! I might pass out from ecstasy if Kushner actually got caught holding papers aflame and a lighter in the other hand.
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May 29, 2017 04:29
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If the US collapsed it would be Syria except it would be roving bands of Walmart employees
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May 29, 2017 04:30
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Fulchrum posted:And as the last election proves, no, the people willing to stand firm on the bulwarks against the passionate advocates of evil and hate. Meanwhile, the people on the sidelines think that they just aren't being offered enough for their time in standing for what is right and true in this world. People aren't? http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/28/us/portland-train-stabbing-victims/ 1-800-DOCTORB posted:California maybe? Water might be an issue. They're better than they were but Cali has significant water and power supply issues.
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May 29, 2017 04:30
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1-800-DOCTORB posted:California maybe? Water might be an issue. Electricity since they import anywhere between 10-30% according to Googlefu. They also require like 50% renewables and are canning nuclear.
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May 29, 2017 04:36
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Actual countries are like that too. Japan's mineral imports dwarf its domestic production, especially for things like iron ore. For sake of derail consistency I'm assuming trade between states is a significant barrier.
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Party Plane Jones posted:They've already started burning records! https://twitter.com/Lessien/status/869032589318733824
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