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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, March 10, 2023

Self-Sorting As Tantrum

 The process of self-sorting, whereby people move to communities of like-minded people, is one of the most important trends in American civic and political life. While partisan gerrymandering is a huge problem, the natural gerrymanders caused by right wingers moving to Florida and Texas is another big driver of polarization. 

Democrats have been hurt by the fact that their voters are crammed into compact House district in urban areas where they usually get 75% of the vote.

Anyway, Trump and Musk want to make that their model, too.

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