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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's fine if people who are politically progressive leave Florida. People shouldn't have to be uncomfortable with the policies of their state when there are other states that may be a match. Florida is the top destination for transplants, so presumably these people will be replaced with new folks who are happier with Florida's policies. I think this political segregation is a good thing, and is not a problem. Live and let live. [/quote]

Oh dear lord have we not learned why segregation is bad, after all these years?  Can you not comprehend how that turns out?  Did you fail history in school??

Any form of segregation - whether it is cultural, religious, political, ethnic - results in pockets of minorities whose civil liberties get violated.  The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to guarantee civil liberties regardless of what state you are in and how many of you live in that state.  It is a protection against tyranny of the majority, and what you propose is tyrannies at each state level.

Add to that the disastrous economic effect of companies picking and choosing what states they will hire in, based on politics, and you have baked in inefficiencies.  And the knock-on effect of this is the re-establishment of the north and south economies except in this case it will be based on education.  Educated people move for jobs every time they get a new degree and then one or two times later in their careers. Corporations will not establish major hiring centers in states that are unattractive to a significant fraction of them, and they skew liberal.  I think it's pretty well known now that North Carolina lost Amazon HQ2 for this reason.  On the other hand, low wage/ blue collar jobs are filled with people who generally don't move (except for immigrants) and so that's what will stay.  The south loses again, along with chunks of the midwest.[/quote]

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