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Re:Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’ by Turing_Machine on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:35PM (#29616805)
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the blue areas stopped sending the red areas simulated pieces of green paper and the red areas stopped sending the blue areas food, water, and energy.

I say "areas" because there aren't really any "blue states". Just islands of blue in a sea of red.

Interesting in theory, that is. I would recommend against running this experiment in real life. Strongly.

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Re:Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’ by SideburnsOfDoom on Saturday December 25, 2021 @05:28PM (#29687595)
> Just islands of blue in a sea of red.

Yes, that's population density. People vote, land doesn't. Ideally.

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Re:Sen. Joe Manchin says no to $2T bill: ‘I can’t vote for it’ by jacquesm on Saturday December 25, 2021 @02:50PM (#29686355)
You'd be setting the stage for Civil War, round #2.
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