The issue is as the blue people move to the South, they will destroy the South with their bad blue ideas. I am Southern by heritage but my only real association with the South is my love of Southern food.
I have another theory: enshittification, but irl.
The “blue” areas are wealthy. As such, it’s relatively easy for income and wealth to be extracted from other wealthy people.
In contrast, thanks to hateful politicians (Democrat or Republican is inconsequential) in the south that would rather see a black person with a third world disease than govern, “red” areas are cheap. With the areas being largely underdeveloped, (relatively) rich people can move away from places of wealth, which are expensive, and begin their own process of buy, borrow, die.
In short, it’s all about retaining their wealth.
So, in a very roundabout way, I agree with you: blue people moving to the South will destroy the South with their bad blue ideas. Economically, the south needs helps, and wealthy liberals are going to help it the same way a billionaire moving to Florida helps that state. In other words, it really doesn’t, but it looks like it if you care about apparent economic indicators. Dig any deeper or, god forbid, turn to sociology, and you’ll just see a vast array of social isolation compounded by conspicuous wealth. Politically, eh…I doubt much will change. The South is trash all around in that regard and will fight like hell, quite literally, to keep it that way .
voracitude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When you say these people will “destroy” the South, what are you saying that destruction will look like? What “bad blue ideas” will have this outcome, and why?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Heavy taxation, spending on stupid programs, and trying to micromanage people’s lives.
voracitude@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You forgot to tell me what this “destruction” will look like, but I’ll address what you’ve said so far.
So you’re rich enough that wealth taxes would impact you, meaning you have over the last three years either:
For each of the last three years. That would make sense then that you don’t need social programs, and would consider them stupid. But the people flipping your burgers, educating your children, and fighting your wars are not in that position, and will benefit from the social programmes you have no use for.
We’ll leave “micromanage people’s lives” as read, because I’m sure you’re talking about guns and COVID, but I think you’ll find curbing voting rights and politicians making medical decisions for people aren’t “blue ideas”.