The problem is it's not certain states, it's pretty much any and all cities. If you could set adrift just San Fran and LA, Cali would turn red. You could turn all of america red just by 'divorcing' blue cities and walling them off.
u/SparkMandrill83 also makes a good point about getting rid of lefty infiltrators in education, justice system and media or you'd be stuck with the same problem a few generations down the line.
This please. I don't care how you do it but completely eliminate the political power of big cities. (saying this as someone who lives in a big city) I think it goes beyond US politics - there's something about cities that brings out the worse traits in people and creates hypersocial pressure to conform. A county-by-county electoral college would mitigate that. Even better if it's based on population-density. Otherwise states can just resize counties to fit their political agenda. New York will be one county.
It's the population density. The larger the group there is, the more demand to make and follow rules. Imagine a giant, multi lane turnpike in a small town of about 5,000 people. It's too expensive and useless in an area with one major road. However, the same thing is needed in a city. Everything works the same way, the larger the city, the more complex and thus demanding it gets. Insert the wrong people and it's a dictatorship waiting to happen.
The problem is it's not certain states, it's pretty much any and all cities. If you could set adrift just San Fran and LA, Cali would turn red. You could turn all of america red just by 'divorcing' blue cities and walling them off.
u/SparkMandrill83 also makes a good point about getting rid of lefty infiltrators in education, justice system and media or you'd be stuck with the same problem a few generations down the line.
I'm thinking about Demon City Shinjuku now.
I like the rageaholic response of having states win by counties voting and not the majority.
This please. I don't care how you do it but completely eliminate the political power of big cities. (saying this as someone who lives in a big city) I think it goes beyond US politics - there's something about cities that brings out the worse traits in people and creates hypersocial pressure to conform. A county-by-county electoral college would mitigate that. Even better if it's based on population-density. Otherwise states can just resize counties to fit their political agenda. New York will be one county.
It's the population density. The larger the group there is, the more demand to make and follow rules. Imagine a giant, multi lane turnpike in a small town of about 5,000 people. It's too expensive and useless in an area with one major road. However, the same thing is needed in a city. Everything works the same way, the larger the city, the more complex and thus demanding it gets. Insert the wrong people and it's a dictatorship waiting to happen.