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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you are advocating for people to uproot their lives from their communities, friends, family, and every other connection they have to where they live -- for political reasons -- I would argue that's a very bad idea. I think it would ruin society.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Fwiw, I agree with you. I even tried it myself personally, but then moved back into a city. So I understand what you are saying, believe me I do. All I meant is that we need to see clearly as we move forward, and that means questioning our own biases and preconceptions, so that we can accurately chart out a course forward that does not fall again in the same old traps, e.g. that HRC fell into by not bothering to campaign in the midwestern states (Obama likewise ignored rural in favor of urban areas, though in his case it seems more defensible since many racists were never going to vote for him regardless of his platform or activities?).