Revolution 2.0

Introduction Is it an accident that states like California and New York are predominantly progressive, and states like Texas and Oklahoma are not? That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Take a look at this electoral map; with four exceptions, all of the states in the contiguous 48 that voted in 2016 for either Clinton or Trump are in connected blocks. Of those four, Colorado and New Mexico share a border, and the other two, Minnesota and Illinois, are very nearly connected. Why?  Question: Did everyone of a like mind move to the same places, or is something else going on?  Answer: Something else. In the absence of differing opinions from a variety of sources, people will rely on the opinions of family and friends, co-workers and their favorite news sources and social media. Outside of family, all the sources will be selected more for comfort and absence of frustration than political reasoning and diversity. Not surprisingly, they will pretty much share the same opinions. Similar