Rural living.

[Humanist_Activist]

199. Frankly speaking, as this election shows, rural whites have far too much political power...

its to the point where, if this division between government representation versus actual demographics continue, we will have a de facto apartheid regime. We already do in a few states already. This situation is untenable and we need to get the Republicans out of power both federally and in as many states as possible by 2020 if we are to even try to rectify the damage done by the redistricting of 2010.

There are other structural issues that date back anywhere from 100 to 200 plus years ago that causes rural areas to have far too much representation, but that's something to tackle in a different post.

The fact is that, for years, rural voters have lorded it over urban voters, and with good reason, population wise, they outnumbered them. But now the tables are turning and rural lifestyle is becoming a fringe in society, rather than a centerpiece. For most of America small town America is dead, and for a lot of people, its good riddance to bad culture.

The issues with rural America aren't unique to it, lack of opportunity is, however, and there's little anyone can do about it. When you don't have the population density to support service industry jobs or the infrastructure to provide services to your own population, then there are few options left. Any new factories that open will be employed by a fraction of the people they did before. We can continue the massive subsidies that rural people enjoy even if they are unappreciative of them, but those aren't sustainable for much longer.

The only thing I would recommend Democrats do is lie to rural voters, and lie massively, say that yes, they are going to open the factories, mines, smelters, etc. again. As long as we get a majority by 2020, I don't care.