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I don't know if this is appropriate for SoylentNews - I'll leave that to the editors. It's a blog entry that does the best job I've seen, explaining a difficult issue: How do those of us originally from flyover territory perceive the progressive politics that dominates the left coast, and indeed most of the big cities.
Anyone from a red county will read this article and nod. Anyone from a blue county really ought to try to understand the article, because it explains why Trump won, and also explains the rise of the alt-right as a response to progressive politics.
[Ed. note: The linked article is rather long. Contrary to long-standing tradition, I did RTFA. On occasion, stories are submitted where it is not clear to me whether or not our community would find it appropriate or interesting. This is one of those occasions. So, consider this an experiment... of course, please comment on the story itself, but please also indicate whether or not you would like to see more stories like this, and why. Thanks! --martyb]
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Sunday August 06 2017, @03:03AM (2 children)
Years since foundation is a stupid metric of progress. Were that the case, then the most developed nations in the world should be China, Egypt, Iran and Greece, whilst the USA should be a backwater shithole.
Social progress is not based on time spent in existence, it's based on the availability of better ideas as well as the willingness and ability to adapt to them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 06 2017, @11:33AM (1 child)
China - 1949
Egypt - 1805
Iran - 1979
Greece - 1821
USA - 1776
I don't think merely having had people living in a particular geographic area is really enough to declare national continuity.
(Score: 3, Touché) by unauthorized on Sunday August 06 2017, @12:47PM
Ah, so we judge states by when they come into their modern form of existence, but we judge religion by their original and much different form, do we?
By that standard mainstream American Christianity (which is a form of Protestantism) would be no more than 500 years old, where as both Sunni and Shia Islam are over 1000 years old.