Imagine a world without red states. Without the southern states, the rest of us would enjoy:

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154. The imaginary and the magical seems rather important to many people

The imaginary and the magical does seem rather important to many people-- in this instance, borders, which are, as we all know, wholly imaginary constructs found nowhere else but our imaginations.

And my goodness!! The weight and stock so many of us humans put into this magic-thinking construct may actually compel them to wage wars on behalf of the imaginary, while they concurrently feign surprise and ridicule at the weight and stock others place into their own imaginary constructs. The irony is much more sad than entertaining.

But such is human nature that we often hold the imaginary creations of others to a much higher standard than we place on the imaginary constructs of our own devices.

But, seeing as that you are, as we all are, indeed, human-- I readily accept and understand our need and our desire to pretend the imaginary does in fact, exist.