Really makes you stop and think

They also take more federal spending than they pay in taxes. The states are on welfare, not just the people.

Conservative policies have literally never been effective either socially or economically. They only funnel money from the poor to the rich. That's it.

It's the (insert current minority scapegoat)'s fault.

Poor and uneducated people, as a whole, always more tend to vote conservative. Conservative parties around the world know this and strive for/want to keep this condition

Actual rebuttal I've been given when making this point to a Conservative:

That's just because of the black people.

And those welfare programs are gutted to near worthlessness.

It's insane. My friend moved to Texas for work and he has had to wait 6 months for an appointment just to get his new driver's license. It's so dysfunctional. Unclear if it is by design or due to incompetence, maybe both

White supremacists - surprise, surprise - only cares about the idea of whiteness. They never actually care all that much about actual white people themselves.

It probably has something to do with the fact that right-wing ideology (of which white supremacism is merely one) consists of nothing more than excuses, pretexts and lies designed to protect and benefit power and privilege and nothing else.

Because of the democrats. Obviously.

/s

Driving through some poor rural towns in Kentucky and West Virginia is like an extended commercial for a charity. It's sad. It's infuriating. And the problems are systemic.

Because kings have to have serfs and slaves, and all the yokels think they're going to wind up the kings, they're wrong.

I'm sure they are the freest.

If we're going to post these things post proof with it so we can actually stick it to them, otherwise I'm tired of this shit. You look stupid as fuck without the proof. I wanna stick it to them too but I'm not sure where the best place to show proof for this sort of thing is, like what official government site has the data to show this?

Capitalism. Especially poorly regulated capitalism.

Thanks Obama!

Over history there has always been competition between progressivism and conservatism. Progressivism has always lead to more advanced technological development, but led also to nihilism and dying off due to losing purpose and goals. Conservatism is the opposite. It stifles technological development but leads more to happiness and fulfillment by having instinctive goals that have always worked in making people happy over time.

I don't believe one should exclude the other. We should learn from both.

because those west coast elites

There really needs to be a middle ground.. Under Republicans you can build things.. Under Democrats you literally have to hope you can afford a house while navigating a maze of regulation.

Not sure this meme is so pronounced anymore. Link

Asking the real questions.

I'm sure I will get downvoted into oblivion for this, but I've gotten a pretty reasonable answer to this question from someone who grew up in the south, and was a descendent of slave owners.

A huge amount of the economy of the southern states was dependent on slave laborers, and suddenly, they were stripped of their investments into those slaves, so they were disproportionately affected economically, and have been behind ever since.

Its likely not the entire reason, but its also hard to see it not being a contributing factor, especially historically.