• gibmiser@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Hey, as an American I gotta wonder if maybe our country is just too big. The city / rural divide is real. Maybe keep doing things the way you are now…

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      1 day ago

      The city/rural divide exists at all levels. You can see this even in state elections in Germany, even in the city states, the rural parts of Hamburg vote much more conservative and in Bavaria only Munich votes Green.

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      2 days ago

      You think there is no city/rural division here? We have to be big to counter other big guys like you and china

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        17 hours ago

        I get that. I think keeping NATO it’s own thing and allowing for member states to still self govern might be safer than risking your whole continent as a single government.

        If America could let go of some of its states without having a civil war it might be better off. But really who fucking knows.