Sorry, but isn’t that exactly the batshit stuff they’re accusing? Citizens of those states deserve the same benefits, no matter how dumb they or their leaders are
Sometimes I ponder about the consequences of “shaking the tree”, so to speak.
At some point, there emerges only a direct method to get people to understand where help is coming from, some way to get the misinformed people affected by disaster to see directly that it is us, other Americans, who are delegating & funding the emergency help as needed.
Cutting aid for a short period, with clear messaging about who and why, would do that… If we were naive enough to believe that would work. Reds might try to enact their own (undoubtedly privatized) version of FEMA, and blame us all for how badly it works out. See: the joke of a texan ISO power operator.
Do we remove our nose to spite the face?
How much does stability matter when it comes to propping up a system which disregards the long-term longevity of our species as a whole?
Scary questions, with even scarier possible answers mean we’ll continue forth as-is, bitching and moaning the whole time.
E: I’m drunk and dgaf, cleaning my house and taking breaks. Lean into it folks, life outside our human constructed walls is bleak, without remorse and free of morality. We’ve triumphed in building a beautiful society, and I believe are only on the threshold to greater things if we remember we’re all on team human, spaceship earth with other beautiful living companions. None of this other bullshit fucking matters lol.
