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Originally Posted by Badger52
Appreciate the whole post. In your view, do you think it's possible that both conditions can exist within a country given the disparate characteristics between what are often called "elite coasts" (containing huge cities & numbers of electoral votes) and other large areas of the land mass?
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Absolutely!
Especially in the United States.
I guess that’s both the superpower and curse of the US Republic that few people outside of it(and many inside of it) can’t or won’t comprehend.
The US Republic is like 50 closely aligned nations but with great latitude to compete/experiment/innovate at the local/state level under a shared federal Constitutional umbrella.
Diversity at the macro state level balancing the sovereignty of humanity(House of Representatives) with geography(Senate)
Places like San Francisco and New York have outsized power and influence due to their innovation/value creation and banking/finance sectors, respectively.
“Flyover country” has quite understated outsized power with their massive food & energy production per capita.
You can’t eat innovation or numbers on a screen or fill your car with it.
You can’t grow food or pump energy without innovation or finance.
The US is facing deep existential issues, but only a moron would bet against the US long-term.
I reckon the coastal elites and the folks in flyover country need to understand they are engaged in a form of mutual assured destruction and they are better off together than apart.