Could blue survive without red? As blue America and red America drift farther apart, one wonders how each would do without the other

We are all Americans. That said, there have been efforts for years to divide us for perceived political reasons. Those who live in the bigger cities often tend to look down their noses to those who don't. We have become a Blue America and a Red America. I personally believe that the colors are reversed, but maybe that's just me. A good representation of red vs. blue can be seen on the 2020 election map by counties.

It has gotten so bad that there are discussions of secession and even civil war, God forbid. It would be difficult to have states against states. The real conflict appears to be larger cities versus the rest of America. The Islanders arrogantly call it flyover country. Call it whatever, but most of America itself is a sea of red with blue islands.

An interesting question might be who could better survive without the other.

What do most of the Blue Islands provide for America? California provides a lot of fruits and vegetables, although not as much as before. Many of our financial centers are on the larger Islands, but some have already moved out to Sea, and it would be simple for others to follow or simply set up new ones. Most larger cities are on Blue Islands. One of their major byproducts is crime, but let's focus on products we need to survive.

The vast majority of our food is grown and produced in our Sea of Red. A substantial part of our manufacturing is in the Sea of Red, and more is coming.

Cars and trucks are made in both. Each have their technology centers. Military bases are in both. Many, perhaps most, military and commercial weapons and ammunition factories are now in the Sea of Red.

The Red parts of our nation produce the wealth. The Blue parts are a vast apparatus to steal that wealth. They are parasites on the rest of the nation.

As we see here...

The most basic factors are as follows.

The factors of production are land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.

Red areas are obviously winners in land.

Labor should constitute REAL labor, not hordes of gibs-me-dats. Once again Red areas are clearly ahead of the blue.

Capital? Well, capital can be in various forms, wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing. A bank is not necessary to contribute such assets.

Entrepreneurship? OK. Lets take a look at what it takes to get a business up and running. A banker following a book full of "rules?"

How about a group of people looking to achieve a common goal such as build a needed road, construct a slaughterhouse, get a school district some buildings without a pack of progs telling parents they can't raise their own children because the want to pervert the kids?

The examples just go on and on but I'll take Red over blue 24/7/365.

The author left out one major natural resource: water.

What happens if we go back to the range wars of the late 19th century? Will the red sea be able to control the flow of water to the blue islands?

Will the blue islands go to war with the red sea over water rights or will they pay a premium for access to water flowing south from the red rivers and lakes?

-PJ

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