Thread by @TheValuesVoter

To the un-American people (and the foreign trolls) talking about some supposed #NationalDivorce, let me explain why that’s not just treasonous but also stupid.

America does not consist of red states and blue states. That’s not the division we have.

America consists of heavily populated cities and surrounding suburbs, which tend to be blue or purple, and rural areas, which tend to be red.

It consists of areas where lots of people have more formal education, which tend to be blue or purple, regardless of the skin color or ethnicity of the people who live there, and areas where people have less formal education and less affluence, which tend to be red.

If you could somehow separate the blue states from the red states, as some deluded Americans, some lying hypocritical pundits and our foreign enemies sometimes suggest, you’d end up with a brand new problem:

Those states would then need to be divided.

Let’s look at the largest red states in America by population.

Texas is divided into 254 counties. But half of its population (and, by implication, a gigantic portion of its income) is concentrated in just 7 counties. 5 of those 7 voted for Biden in 2020.

Florida is divided into 67 counties. But half of its population and a lot of its wealth and income are concentrated in just 7 counties. And even though Donald Trump won Florida in 2020, Joe Biden won all of these 7 counties.

North Carolina was the red state which Trump won by the slimmest margin. It’s been almost evenly politically divided in every Presidential Election since 2008. is divided into 100 counties. But half the voters in the state live in 13 counties. Biden won 8 of the 13.

And then there’s the fact that 7 of the 10 states with the highest GDP are blue. And in them, like everywhere else, there are a lot of red counties with lower populations and a small number of blue counties where most of the people live.

Most of the “Donor States” are blue.

There’s no way to rip America apart without continuing to rip further after you’ve ripped at the top level. You’d end up with even more division than we have now.

We’d have poor areas which have lost the benefits of living in a Republic in which we share our public revenues and expenditures. Rich ones. Not just at a national level but at a local level. After the so-called National Divorce would come a series of State Divorces.

You’d have blue areas in many states wanting to separate from the red states. Red areas in many many states wanting to separate from the blue ones.

Absolute unfettered chaos.

Which is exactly what America’s enemies, both foreign and domestic, want.

Our adversaries know that the best way to destroy America is from within.

And so not only do their trolls try to advocate things like this but they get help from some disloyal Americans with large platforms.

And some frustrated Americans buy into it.

The only way this is going to work is that we need to learn to live together.

We are not each other’s enemies.

And, contrary to what some carnival barkers preach, we actually agree on a lot more than we think we do.

The only way America prospers if if we all prosper.

None of us is more or less important than any of the rest of us.

Don’t listen to people who push for such incredibly stupid ideas. Ideas that our enemies would just love if we keep talking about.

Also, have you ever noticed that people tend to get along pretty well until we start talking about politics?