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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by api on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:28PM (#22085654)
In the long term I think the national GOP is doing this by going after racists, extreme fundamentalists, and other fanatics.

The fanatic vote is political cocaine: temporary high, then you need more and more, then your non coke head friends drift away, then you are strung out.

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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by wahern on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @07:00PM (#22113151)
> then your non coke head friends drift away, then you are strung out.

Alas, that may be more wishful thinking than reality. :( There are countless countries around the world, both in modern history and today, that prove the dynamic can be sustained indefinitely.

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