Why are big cities blue and why do they tend to tolerate violence?

 If there is ever another civil war in the United States, it will be between the largest urban areas versus the rest of us.

Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, and Baltimore are the first to come to mind.

Based on a combination of my own insights and a little help of AI, here is why the largest cities tend blue, leftist, progressive, and have major, pardon the expression, large shit-hole neighborhoods, enclaves, ghettos, and radical elements.

1.  Business and commerce have thrived in a compact urban environments due to close proximity of supporting resources.  This is in the process of change with new communications technologies, but it is the primary cause for the large size of cities we now have.

2. The large, dense populations require more infrastructure, regulations, and service to meet the demands of the larger population.  This means larger budgets and much higher taxes.

3. The increases in population and building densities cause property values to skyrocket, increasing housing and other building costs.

4.  More services and more taxes require more social service and higher taxes in an end cycle of more services and higher taxes.

5. These additional social services in turn attract more people in need of these social services, thus the outsized homeless populations.

These cities attract demographic diversity. (This part is from a left leaning AI which I temper a bit back to reality.) 

• Cities are melting pots. They attract younger, more diverse populations—ethnically, culturally, and economically. These groups often support progressive policies on immigration, civil rights, and social services.

• Educational Attainment: Urban areas typically have higher concentrations of college-educated residents, who statistically lean more liberal on social and environmental issues.

• Economic Structure: Cities are hubs for industries like tech, media, education, and the arts—sectors that often foster progressive values and prioritize innovation, inclusion, and regulation over deregulation.

No! Diversity is NOT our strength.  It occasionally has some narrow benefits, but it is not a strength.  Melting pots?  Not so much nowadays.  The incompatibles and radicals increasingly want to spread their jaded joy to the rest of the population.

True, there are more left-wing college-indoctrinated specialists in cities.  This education might further their chosen profession, but socially and politically they have been trained to become morons.

Economically, cities tend much more toward socialism and regulation, over-whelming any perceived sense of innovation or individual freedoms. 

This brings me to the question:  Why do large cities tend to tolerate lawlessness, destruction, and riots?

In short:  Diversity, progressive (leftist) values, and radical influences that the cities have attracted, endorse, and fund.

The radicals are running the asylum!  Laws are for suckers.  Not for minorities, illegals, or the super-rich.  The politics of cities have been appropriated by coalitions of radicals comprised of illegals, minorities, welfare proponents, and antagonists (trouble-makers with external allegiances).  These coalitions believe that they must not be subject to traditional laws.  Those laws are for the white man – not for them.  They are the domain of ICE and the Federal Government which these radical coalitions believe are illegitimate and evil.

And that, friends, is what we have to deal with in our largest cities.  We’ll have to find ways to live with it or deal with it.  Living with it allows it to fester and grow worse.  Dealing with it will be painful.  Pick your poison.

Trump the "Don"

 “The Don is often surrounded by a close circle of trusted advisors and family members, managing alliances, rivalries, and the complex dynamics of the criminal underworld. It's a position of immense power, but one that also carries significant risks due to potential betrayal, rival conflicts, or law enforcement pressures. The title signifies the highest position of authority within the organization, with the Don overseeing all operations, making critical decisions, and maintaining order within the group.” 

MS Copilot

I voted for the Don.

But I gotta tell ya, his actions remind me of the Italian variety.

How so?

Well, for starters, the legal actions by the other “mob” previously in power, exerting “law enforcement pressures” on him.

His actions of figuratively “offing” thousands among “mob” rivals in government (as he did in business)who he feels will continue to betray his operation.

His honed skill at deal making which often involves bluster,  threats and intimidation.  His statements involving Panama, Canada and Greenland come to mind.

His laser focus on his “family” the United States, above any other nation which many consider to be in opposition to a “moral position”.

The most notorious example is his treatment of Ukraine. The analogy is the shop owner (Ukraine) who is in a financially (militarily) tough spot. He needs a loan (protection). The Don suggests sharing his (Ukraine's) profits in exchange for a very high interest loan (protection). The Don knows that this is ultimately “a deal he can’t (is in no position t0) refuse.

To throw in another analogy from nature: Ukraine is a wounded animal. There are sheep (European nations) all around him that are trying to help, but are afraid and out-muscled.  There are two hyaenas (Russia, the antagonist) and the United States, both after Ukraine for what it can offer, albeit for different reasons. The Don, in this case, is the second hyaena, who is after the spoils of Ukraine, the wounded animal. The wounded animal has little choice.

The  Don is disliked by many within his family (the United States) for what they see as the immorality of his tactics, his “style” his “tone”. The others, who support him, understand all his efforts, despite the perceived amorality and blustery style, are all being done for the good of the “family”, the United States. He promises to make everyone "rich" again.

This is the way nations survive. This is the way it is, the way it will be, and many will agree, the way it has been throughout history.

To those upset and opposed to our new President...

There is much crying and gnashing of teeth with the inauguration and long overdue actions of our newest President.

Apparently these opposers have other preferences:

* Misplaced compassion, longing for continued open borders.

* Little or no concern about the criminals entering the US, and the pouring in of deadly addictive substances, violent gangs, and human trafficking.

* Desire to ignore or embrace the mental illness of those with gender dysphoria when science and millennia of human experience tells us there are only two genders.

* Preference for rewarding less competent individuals based on color, gender, or mental confusion rather than competence or skills.

* Preference for the US to remain dependent on other nations for manufacturing, energy, and national defense rather than making our nation self-reliant and strong.

There are forces already aligning against the common sense actions of President Trump carrying out the wishes of the US electorate.  Litigation by leftists and upset special interests are already in the works.

The lack of common sense by the opposers is astounding and confounding.  Once again I can only attribute these anomalies to unseen spiritual forces hell-bent on destroying the good that this nation attempts to preserve.