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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink61•2 months agoHoosier here. We’re trying to fix it. But guess which party has had a supermajority in state government for decades?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoEvery time I go through Indiana it feels like a slow motion apocalypse is happening there. I always start looking for the Stacks from Ready Player One.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoThe sad part is Indiana is such a nice state. That was one state I’ve visited that I did not expect to like so much
minus-squaredjsoren19linkfedilinkEnglish13•2 months agoConsidering all these changes have been since 2019, seems like they’re actually successfully making it worse with each passing year.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish41•2 months agoRepublicans are racing to see who can make their state into a 3rd world country first.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•2 months agoRepublicans are racing to see how many different ways they can legalize pedophilia.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•2 months agoA lot of states would already be classified as third world. Take away the funding from blue states and they go straight to undeveloped
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-22 months agoWhich ones? I live in a low income, rural area in a red state. It is nothing like a 3rd world country, just not even remotely close. Yet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoHow many have you been to? I’ve been to a few. I didn’t realize that 3rd world is a derogatory term from the Cold War era so let’s switch to developing. One developing country I’ve been to is Paraguay. They have a literacy rate of 94.54% and apparently the global literacy rate is 86.3% Let’s look at US states now https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/literacy-rate-by-state Yes I just quickly googled these because this is social media, not a uni term paper
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 months agoWell, I would agree that literacy rates are lower here. To be fair, I am going off media representation of what is considered “developing” (well, media representation of “3rd world”, anyway). But, simply look up HDI scores for the US states and you will see that there is no comparison here. Edit: link for your benefit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index_score Paragauy was like .731 or something, for reference.
Hoosier here. We’re trying to fix it. But guess which party has had a supermajority in state government for decades?
Every time I go through Indiana it feels like a slow motion apocalypse is happening there. I always start looking for the Stacks from Ready Player One.
The sad part is Indiana is such a nice state. That was one state I’ve visited that I did not expect to like so much
Is it those damned Greens?
Wrong Christmas color.
Considering all these changes have been since 2019, seems like they’re actually successfully making it worse with each passing year.
You’re not wrong.
Republicans are racing to see who can make their state into a 3rd world country first.
Republicans are racing to see how many different ways they can legalize pedophilia.
A lot of states would already be classified as third world. Take away the funding from blue states and they go straight to undeveloped
Which ones? I live in a low income, rural area in a red state. It is nothing like a 3rd world country, just not even remotely close. Yet.
How many have you been to? I’ve been to a few.
I didn’t realize that 3rd world is a derogatory term from the Cold War era so let’s switch to developing.
One developing country I’ve been to is Paraguay. They have a literacy rate of 94.54% and apparently the global literacy rate is 86.3%
Let’s look at US states now https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/literacy-rate-by-state
Yes I just quickly googled these because this is social media, not a uni term paper
Well, I would agree that literacy rates are lower here.
To be fair, I am going off media representation of what is considered “developing” (well, media representation of “3rd world”, anyway).
But, simply look up HDI scores for the US states and you will see that there is no comparison here.
Edit: link for your benefit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index_score
Paragauy was like .731 or something, for reference.