How many wars or “Actions” using military forces has the US started in the last 60 years, again? 90 or so, depending on definitions used? Any chance some of them could have been “Bad”? Other than for defense contractors, their lobbyists, and participating politicians, that is? Many people died facing the Superpower US war machine who had no say in the matter? Most wars are bad because people who do the actual fighting are used as pawns and most often the leaders involved in the conflict go unscathed.
Its not that the US has started so many wars. Its this idea that after a conflict we are going to stay in the country forever or until there is a 7-11 and MacDonalds on every corner. We intervened in Grenada and rescued US citizens. Then we left. We intervened in Panama and toppled a drug smuggling dictator. Then we left. Sometimes the USA has to get involved militarily somewhere when it is in our interest. Letting that morph into "nation building" is pure folly. Kick ass when necessary then get our troops home. What have we accomplished in Afghanistan in 20 years? Nothing.
First thing you notice when going from a red state to a blue state is that blue states are more productive. It’s not even a question. I get very frustrated when having to deal with attorneys and agents in a lot of republican dominated states. It’s definitely cultural. I visited Georgia once and went to a “deli” and asked for a simple turkey sandwich and the counter person told me I could have a seat. I told him it was to go and all he said was “yup”, there’s a newspaper if you want.”
In their defense, turkey sandwiches are much more complicated to make than say ... ham sandwiches. Next time, try the ham.
Take a look at the relative productivity on a nationwide precinct by precinct basis according to political affiliation to get the true picture. The per capita productivity of Conservatives versus Liberals is higher due to greater work ethic. The above said, it seems Liberal elites have the benefit of more intelligence than conservatives. I’m not talking just IQ here. Leftists appear be the beneficiaries of big tech and financial services surveillance, where “Metadata” collection without checks and balances and exploiting employees in compromising situations has gone too far. The irony is Republicans have been against pro-privacy legislation for a long time. Oh, that lobbyist money is so tasty! Even worse is the use of behavioral science in predicting how potentially vulnerable people can be effectively coerced into divulging private information of a third party, whether it is a targeted customer, employer, or targeted politician. Remember Trump? While I’m for having public officials activities being monitored, I ask that it be done equally, regardless of political affiliation. As we transition from the Information Age to the AI Age, with a nod to proliferation of communication, the exploitable difference in relative IQs will become smaller and smaller. Another way to put it is that character is likely to become less of a factor in one’s productivity. In other words, those who are most machine-like will prevail. Good for Leftist Elites, at least for a while, for everyone else, not so much. I’ll take a ham sandwich to go, please. Put it on Halliburton's account.
Biden literally won 70% of GDP. If Republicans took their gdp and all their voters and formed a new country America would be richer. https://www.statista.com/chart/23515/aggregate-vote-won-as-a-share-of-us-gdp/
The key in comparing the productivity of supporters of each political party is to use earned income, possibly along with retirement income based on earned income. It is not comparable giving “Spending power” credit to welfare recipients or felons, another significant Democrat demographic: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-ta...cs-and-demographics-of-food-stamp-recipients/ https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pu...more_likely_to_be_unemployed_than_republicans There are more studies that support my contention Republicans are more productive than Democrats overall and they are merely a search engine away. Bonus link below. Republicans are best for employment, especially under normal conditions, versus Democrats, even if the stock market has done a little better under Democrats: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepa...t-data-points-to-republicans/?sh=3f98ccb95e15
All employment is not the same. Median income in Wyoming and New Jersey are vastly different. You also have to consider the general economic conditions of each state, region, county, etc. I think a good way to look at it is Republican economies tend to de like a car stuck in the mud. No matter how hard a worker revs the engine it’s hard to get anywhere. Hence why actual productivity is lower in Republican areas. That more speaks to policy than people, though. Also, it is important to note unemployment does tend to be higher in urban areas but long term unemployment and lower workforce participation tends to be higher outside of urban areas. When those adjustments are made it makes a much clearer picture.