Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized

“People want to live where they know their neighbors don’t want to wipe them from the face of the earth. More at 11.”

The wealthy want us to fight a culture war to distract us from the class war we should be having.

This is a good thing. The only way the red states will change is by getting worse and worse. They will have no doctors, teachers, nurses, lawyers, or corporations that will purposefully live or do their work there if they can help it. If you are a woman, a person of color, a migrant, an LGBTQ person, a child, or anything other than an old white man, the red states are no longer safe for you.

I basically refuse to go to most of those states if I can help it. Florida? You couldn't pay me to set foot in that state. I feel they same about Texas and many others.

I want conservatism to thrive. It does have a place in a healthy political system. But, my friends, the conservatives are the moderate Dems now. I don't know what else to call the Republicans, other than fascists or cult members. It is a sickness that any person in their right mind should run as fast as they can from.

The truly upsetting part about this is that there are people that are desperate to leave those fascist states, that can't for a variety of reasons outside their control. I wish things were different. This is just insanity.

TBF considering red states want to make my existence illegal and send me to jail for being me(Trans) it does make sense for me to go to a place where I'm not threatened. Pennsylvania is more of a purple state but at least I know they aren't going to turn on me for some political points.

Oklahoma here and am ready to get the fuck out

When one group became openly hostile to multiple populations of people based on things like race and sexuality, it's no longer 'voting with your feet', it becomes 'go somewhere they're not gonna shoot my son'

Tbh, I prefer to live in a purple state.

I am in a battleground state, in a pretty rural area, filled with a decent amount diversity, including trump crazies.

I feel I'm doing more good here than living in the city.

I like to get down and dirty, pushing.

(Tbf I am a straight white male, so I can totally see getting out of dodge if that wasn't the case)

Important data to understand, there are fewer blue states than red states. These actions allow for Republicans to gain far more power in Government as the states elect the President and Congress. Democrats are essentially giving Republicans full control of the Federal Government which will be used to erode all progressive laws in blue states.

This is part of the GOP strategy.

Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri has openly acknowledged that the GOP strategy is to make it so miserable for Democrats in red and purple states that they will move to blue states. That would, in turn, cement Republican power in the White House, Senate and thereby the Supreme Court.

Conservatives are going to make it legal to outright murder progressives, so there's definitely safety in living in a blue state

If I could relocate to a state where my views aren't swamped by the overwhelming redness of the state, I would in an instant, but sadly it's not in the cards until retirement.

Conservative terrorism is out control. It breaks out specifically across racial and socioeconomic lines.

Moderates and liberals are trying to protect themselves, while conservatives are hell-bent on tearing everyone down.

My hope is that these are the death throes of the Republican party. A loud gasp for air before the party croaks and shatters.

No shit. NEVER living in a red state

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That's a very alarming sign. Polarization of that caliber means we're on a hard Stage 6 on the Ten Stages of Genocide, and everything that follows it is... bad. Very, very bad. You do not want to see what happens at Stage 7 and beyond.

The rich already won the class war that we should have been paying attention to. Instead, we’re bickering about Bud Light and Disney, exactly where they want us poors while they take our money.

It's such a weird time in the U.S.. Also, it might be a better choice to go to a battleground state.

I'm a progressive living in a red state and I would love to leave, but who has the money or connections to just fucking move states? Like who the hell do I know in Washington state? And because the cost of living tends to be higher in blue states, it's impossible to save enough to move to one of those areas from fucking Arkansas.

This might be an over simplified approach to a complex problem, but why can’t we just eliminate political parties altogether? I know people will always form groups/organizations/fraternities/etc, but only giving them two (realistic) options just forces them into camps that they might not fully agree with. Sure, you can argue that there are plenty of independent parties to choose from, but when it comes election time, it’s always either “Option A”, “Option B” or your vote doesn’t matter. At the very least, remove the two party system and any other systems that reenforces them.

People are flying Trump flags in every state, and this dumb fuck is afraid of flying his blue line bullshit. That's not a news article, it's astroturfed crap that AP should be ashamed to publish.

https://youtu.be/pLNEoakk35M

This is the level of stupid we are fighting against... Religion absolutely destroys people's brains.

Is the majority people liberal on Lemmy?

I just wish the “blue states” could stop funding the “red states” utter stupidity. It’s just more privatize gains and socialize losses for the rich.

Edit: fixed an autocorrect word to clarify what I was saying

This has been going on since the 1960's. The Big Sort is a really interesting read explaining some of the trends and why it's accelerating.

Blue states don't give an egg.

Red states "where you from, and why are you here? Don't take my water".

At least that was last time I visited the Midwest in my own vehicle (but they can't spot rentals very well, treated me like their kin when I didn't have California plates and hid my accent as much as possible)

I have a fantasy where DeSantis and his supporters cause Florida to secede, then all the most die-hard evangelicals, fascists and chuds, the worst the republicans have to offer, all flock there to protect their glorious revolution. Then the rest of us can just wall it off and have healthcare, sane governance, green energy, adult discourse, and all the stuff we're prevented from having because republicans refuse to support anything unless it allows them to be cruel to someone.

It would be cool if democrats focused more on working class people, rather than just saying they do. That's literally all they need to do to win back millions of voters.

No mention of The Handmaid's Tale... I guess it doesn't need saying.

Meanwhile here I am in Texas barely able to move down the street much less to a state not run by Governor Hot Wheels and his Cavalcade of Corruption.

This cannot be good for the stability of the nation.

I've been wondering about this, in particular in a covid, wfh, world. So many people from traditionally liberal areas (SF/NY/LA) moved to red states, I would assume that it would be assist in turning those states more purple, as some of those states (wyoming/montana/Idaho) won't take that many transplants to start that transition.

It makes me sad that leftists are leaving Florida. They are turning a purple state into a red one. Every sane person that leaves Florida means the ratio gets tilted more and more into the looneys.

People need to stay in red states. Voting blue in Colorado isn't going to do anything

If I move it will be because my town was 110F in the shade Monday, not because my neighbors are morons.

Then we get to watch 100% Red states shoot, disease, and work themselves to death. Then we move back in and get their stuff.

???

profit!

It's sad how we can't just talk, and always segregating themselves.

I wish democrats would make moving to places like Montana, the Dakotas and Wyoming a priority

As someone born and raised in a very red state and soon moving to a very blue state for a job opportunity, I can’t help but say it’s such a relief. While I’m not moving for the political angle, I’m so excited to live somewhere where educational, labor, and reproductive rights aren’t constantly under assault, where I can have basic expectations of sane (but of course not perfect) government.

gonna be fun when everyone starting getting get out of red states because of shit political decisions, crime rates, and just stupidity in general(florida is just an example)

Eh, they are becoming so extreme that they are leaving some of their voters behind. They were supposed to win the house in a landslide and they barely hung on. They are losing special elections because their candidates are too extreme. Even the Supreme Court can’t stomach some of their gerrymandering on race. I don’t buy this.