• Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    If red states had to support themselves without any federal money, they would be failed states on the level of Somalia within a decade. They already suck with federal money.

    Conservative fiscal policy is anathema to success.

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      And this is why the U.S. government would start a civil war if the West and Northeast tried to secede. The fascists hate us, but like abusers they think they own us, and most importantly they need our money.