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Those who vote and live Liberal tend to flock to the big cities, more of their own kind, social outlets, much less they have to do for themselves, more government services and they are more accepted there, more opportunities to espouse crackpot causes, liberal universities, etc.. Liberals tend to be ridiculed and disliked in the American West, they stick out like sore thumbs and there are few support systems for them or their strange, anti-American ravings.
I guess with a few minor changes, your statement could be made about conservatives as well, I guess.
Was your post reviewed by the Department of Redundancy Department?
Just an idea:
Let's assume for a moment that "liberal" means "in favor of more (government) regulation" and "conservative" means "in favor of less regulation", for the sake of the argument. We see that in America, the more crowded a place is (especially big cities), the more liberals there are. And the less populated a region is, the more conservative people there are.
(Western) Europe is mostly considered "liberal" by American standards, or at least people seem to be more fond of regulation there. And Europe has a much higher population density than America.
Could it be that more crowded places simply require more regulation to run well? And people living there simply notice that?
Obvious example would be traffic: When you're on a street somewhere on the countryside, where one car passes per hour at best, it's obvious that there is less regulation required than, say, in the center of a metropolis like New York city to make the traffic run smoothly, where there are thousands of cars passing each hour, if not dozens of thousands, as well as pedestrians.
What do you think? Is that at the core of the truth, maybe a major reason for this divide, or is this idea simplifying reality way too much?
Sorry if that idea is silly, it's really late over here.
Just an idea:
Let's assume for a moment that "liberal" means "in favor of more (government) regulation" and "conservative" means "in favor of less regulation", for the sake of the argument. We see that in America, the more crowded a place is (especially big cities), the more liberals there are. And the less populated a region is, the more conservative people there are.
(Western) Europe is mostly considered "liberal" by American standards, or at least people seem to be more fond of regulation there. And Europe has a much higher population density than America.
Could it be that more crowded places simply require more regulation to run well? And people living there simply notice that?
Obvious example would be traffic: When you're on a street somewhere on the countryside, where one car passes per hour at best, it's obvious that there is less regulation required than, say, in the center of a metropolis like New York city to make the traffic run smoothly, where there are thousands of cars passing each hour, if not dozens of thousands, as well as pedestrians.
What do you think? Is that at the core of the truth, maybe a major reason for this divide, or is this idea simplifying reality way too much?
Sorry if that idea is silly, it's really late over here.
Just an idea:
Let's assume for a moment that "liberal" means "in favor of more (government) regulation" and "conservative" means "in favor of less regulation", for the sake of the argument.
Just an idea:
Let's assume for a moment that "liberal" means "in favor of more (government) regulation" and "conservative" means "in favor of less regulation", for the sake of the argument. We see that in America, the more crowded a place is (especially big cities), the more liberals there are. And the less populated a region is, the more conservative people there are.
(Western) Europe is mostly considered "liberal" by American standards, or at least people seem to be more fond of regulation there. And Europe has a much higher population density than America.
Could it be that more crowded places simply require more regulation to run well? And people living there simply notice that?
Obvious example would be traffic: When you're on a street somewhere on the countryside, where one car passes per hour at best, it's obvious that there is less regulation required than, say, in the center of a metropolis like New York city to make the traffic run smoothly, where there are thousands of cars passing each hour, if not dozens of thousands, as well as pedestrians.
What do you think? Is that at the core of the truth, maybe a major reason for this divide, or is this idea simplifying reality way too much?
Sorry if that idea is silly, it's really late over here.
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