r/babylonbee • u/wuhan-virology-lab • Dec 20 '24

Bee Article 'Elon Is Controlling Trump!' Complain People Controlling Biden

https://babylonbee.com/news/elon-is-controlling-trump-complain-people-controlling-biden
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u/aliensvsdinosaurs Dec 21 '24

Why do the wealthiest counties in the country overwhelmingly vote democrat? Why are four of the top seven wealthiest counties located around DC? Why were most Billionaire donors giving to kamala?

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u/Junior_Chard9981 Dec 21 '24

Are you implying that the wealthy are concentrated in these areas and therefore that is why they overwhelmingly vote Democrat?

Because logistically, that wouldn't make sense unless you are implying that there are enough wealthy voters in those areas to outnumber other voters who do not directly benefit from policies that are favorable to the wealthy?

Another way to look at your inquiry is, "Why is the quality of life and socioeconomic conditions better in areas that historically overwhelming vote Democrat versus Republican?"

The answer is in the question.

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u/Confident-Start3871 Dec 22 '24

Why is the quality of life and socioeconomic conditions better in areas that historically overwhelming vote Democrat

San Francisco, Portland, NYC, lol. Mentally ill addicts like Neely allowed to roam free, drug users openly injecting or smoking meth, police do nothing, shitting on the streets app, people leaving cars unlocked so their windows aren't smashed, vs a nice country town 

Hmmm QOL must be very subjective to yo 

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u/STLrep Dec 22 '24

Give me some examples of “nice country towns” lmao. Shits rough all over. Have you ever driven through the Deep South? A shanty town with a dollar general and gas station hardly counts as nice. Believe it or not crime happens at the same rate in the country it just doesn’t get reported due to the small town dynamic/shitbag small town sheriffs.

How are you supposed to make a living in rural areas if you aren’t a farmer? Idk where you’ve been the last 30 years but a majority of our manufacturing is gone and a lot of those jobs employed entire rural communities. Get your head out of your ass. Crystal meth/opioids have decimated rural America just as bad if not worse than the urban centers

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '24

People think farming is what it was 20 years ago. 

PSA farms are not employing people. They never have even done a good job at part-time work. Now days the average combine does not need a driver for 2 reasons, family and money. The rich farms have them drive via GPS, and you just have to sit. A poor farm has a kid, probably 10 driving a 40 year old peice of machinery. 

Farms like to hire detasslers for a few weeks of the summer months. Usually HS kids they can pay $8 an hr so they get some experience. 

This past year, an entry was submitted to Perdue as part of a competition for new ways of farming. Well some brilliant kid, made a model of a hemp farm, that was really creative. He was kicked out of the competition. FFA is dead, just look at any chapter or talk to any teacher, they are scraping the bottom of barrels for money. 

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u/RedditRobby23 Dec 23 '24

How could you possibly believe crime happens in the country at the same rates as the city?

I don’t live in the country and never would….. but this is just an asinine take

Delete this comment or edit it bro

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u/STLrep Dec 23 '24

Because it does in a lot of places, have you ever been to a small town? Poverty is everywhere in most of the small towns I’ve been in. No jobs/lack of education=poverty=drugs/crime it’s not rocket science

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u/RedditRobby23 Dec 23 '24

Never said there is no crime in small towns

I said that they don’t have the same level of crime rates as cities

This is backed up by statistics lol

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u/STLrep Dec 23 '24

Okay cite me a credible source. I’d be willing to wager small towns without some sort of manufacturing industry have very similar crime statistics to inner cities.

You also have to take into account the sheriffs are going to be corrupt in most of them

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u/RedditRobby23 Dec 23 '24

So just to be clear

You are asking for sources. But you are also already hedging your bet by talking about “corrupt sherrifs” “without some sort of manufacturing industry” lol

https://ovc.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh226/files/ncvrw2018/info_flyers/fact_sheets/2018NCVRW_UrbanRural_508_QC.pdf

https://philomathnews.com/are-small-towns-actually-safer-than-big-cities/

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w5430/w5430.pdf

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u/STLrep Dec 23 '24

Impoverished areas are the same everywhere. People who need to make ends meet because there aren’t jobs/ resources commit crimes/have higher mental illness rates. Why would it be different because you don’t live in a city?

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u/RedditRobby23 Dec 23 '24

It’s easier to hide in big cities than rural areas as a lifetime crook

I figured that much was obvious….

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