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TabletopMarvel t1_jcmm9i0 wrote

Because they were racists?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_White_Caps

For some reason people think this stuff is some mystery. They just hate black people and then realized they can take other people's money by convincing them to also hate black people. So the pyramid scheme spreads.

There's not more to this stuff.

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blumpkinmania t1_jcmnzmj wrote

Well, yes. But you’d think there are enough large cities in those states to keep them purple at least. But, no, they’re hard into the fascism.

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GoochMasterFlash t1_jcnbxc9 wrote

Their large cities are on the smaller end of the city spectrum and both states have lots of small town populations rather than mostly empty spaces, so it makes sense. Its different than having a situation more like Illinois with a huge city

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