Why are the cities blue?
Have you ever looked at the voting patterns of the entire country and wondered why? Why does it seem large cities are the bastions of blue while the rest of the country is generally very red?
Since there are reasons for everything, what are some of the reasons for this and what can we learn from it?
Obviously, some of it has to do with public-sector unions and large city politics. It’s not really surprising that the party of government tries to expand government through any means possible.
But one still has to find a somewhat willing clientele for what you are selling. If no one wants to buy, no amount of packaging will change this.
I think the fundamental reason rests in the lives of the average folks in these areas and what they experience, either directly or indirectly. Ultimately, it’s about cause-and-effect and the ability to understand these relationships.
People outside of major cities have a much closer relationship to cause-and-effect than those who are ensconced in large metropolitan areas.
Outside of the big cities, one is much more likely to see and experience the flow of the seasons, the ground preparation and planting of crops, their growth through the summer, and their harvest.
People outside the big cities are much more likely to understand milk doesn’t come from the grocery store and electricity doesn’t just magically appear at the wall outlet. You understand supply chain because you or friends or relatives are intimately involved in these supply chains.
Things are also clearer outside the big cities -- one experiences the reality that government is quite often the problem and not the solution. They are more likely to experience first-hand that generally as government grows, things get worse, not better.
They are more likely to see things like government regulation’s true results -- often the exact opposite of what was sold to the people.
In the large cities, things like that get clouded out by competing narratives and quite effective blame shifting and just sheer size. When the general populace is blinded to actual cause-and-effect, all types of crazy ideas can and do take hold. And government grows and grows -- reinforced and cheered on by the party of government.
In the rest of the country, you also are more likely to know and interact with government employees and elected officials. And you clearly see they are no better than the average person, quite often just the opposite.
And lastly there is wealth. Sure, there are wealthy people out in the rest of the country, but they are far more concentrated in the large cities. You can’t be active in a large city and not witness wealth beyond imagination. Either you, or folks you know, often work in and around this wealth.
It is just human nature to look around and think even though I don’t know how, I must be getting screwed. And lo and behold, the party of government is right there telling you yep, they are screwing you and your only hope, your only savior, is us! And far too many buy into this well-planned crap.
And lastly there is immigration, often from backward, corrupt societies, which fall disproportionally into the larger cities. These folks have already been well basted in the “you’re getting screwed by the rich folks” propaganda and are very willing to continue the thinking from their home countries.
And again, there is the party of government -- the Democrats -- saying “yep, it’s true and we are the only thing standing between you and terrible things -- like being forced to go back home.” And of course, we come bearing not insignificant economic gifts -- paid for by others - to help you overcome these terrible injustices. As long as you vote “correctly.”
Combine them all, roll into a dynamic mash and you get large cities voting very blue while 99% of the rest of the country votes very red. If you sit on the fence, ask yourself which version is based on actual reality, actual cause-and-effect and which is based on falsehoods, illusions, envy, and the party that promises to fix it all. Choose wisely.
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