Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony

Re:Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @11:17PM (#19205472)

I think this is a little bit of looking at history through rose-colored glasses, or at the very least it implies that being able to "escape and start over" was the norm, instead of a very short historical anomaly.

For most of human history societies were small and insular - if a stranger showed up in their midst without a social reputation they would be cast out, or worse.

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Re:Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony by anoncoward111 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:46AM (#19207170)

Unless they went to South Dakota, apparently.

Humans find ways to divide people based on any random parameter of millions-- they are exclusionary creatures ONLY until the point where they need goods or services from someone else-- then suddenly race and religion don't seem very important in that moment

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Re:Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @07:11AM (#19207254)

> Unless they went to South Dakota, apparently.

That, and the 'frontier' as a whole, is a different ball game - everyone was new then. It's like a new suburb vs a 50 year old one. Or well, the US 250 years ago vs now.

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