There is a codependency between urban and rural areas that mean that one would not work as well without the other, so I hope we can all learn to be accepting of one another.

Urban centralization creates a lot of economic demand with high populations and benefits from efficiencies of scale, but has a higher cost to use land.

Rural areas are lower cost, and the expansive areas have lots of natural resources that can be extracted or be used to farm.

Economically, people may be pushed out of cities either because of the basic cost or cost of the area that people want for themselves, so I think it makes sense why they would grow to resent the cities, disregarding cultural differences.

I see you reacting to that perceived hostility as a second or third order effect, but all that does it create a deeper problem.

Love to get me a Big Mack from Mackdonalds from time to time

Have you heard about the protests and impediments to ICE arrests that have been going on, especially in California? There was also the ambush with fireworks and gunfire by a group on the detention center in Texas. I would say that’s a bit of resistance. Obviously not enough to stop the raids from happening on a wider scale, but the agency may have been slowed by it.

I wouldn’t call those virtues. Those are values or principles they have, but they don’t reflect high moral standards.

Plus all of the unmentioned people in the trolley since it would also hit both bridges

Please tell us more about how you don’t consider their service a benefit to this country.

I remember when Trump was trying to make a deal for rare earth minerals from Ukraine but burned that bridge too

Probably crime

Like a WWE Superstar suplexing the opponent (his own country) to show dominance? Gotcha

That explains why he is flubbing everything then, huh?

When the clear enemy are the people promoting and creating fascism, I see you focused on a person failing to stand up to it. I do agree it is a huge missed opportunity, but it will be a long term struggle and you might be getting distracted here with infighting.

Sure, we can be angry and learn that we can’t trust this person as much as we hoped, but then we move on and keep pushing to our larger goals.

I can think of at least one person in a more prominent position who I feel is more widely despised and made fun of than Schumer.

Maybe Putin isn’t even in control of his own country’s military