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"The first shocking thing about
Nations Apart, by Colin Woodard is that all
the stereotypes Americans use for themselves are accurate. And unchanging. The
characterizations (or assassinations) of the Deep South are accurate, and so
are the New England Yankee ones, the Far West, the New France of Louisiana and
El Norte of Mexican border areas. All true. That's the premise, and it was
unsettling to have to accept that as the basis for any kind of scientific
analysis, because they are just mean clichés. Or are they?
At first, thoughtful readers will rightly reject the stereotypes as a terrible
basis for analysis of the Trump era, because it is basically just name-calling.
But Woodard doubles down. Not only are those stereotypes accurate, but they
have not changed in 300 years. He shows that groups of founding immigrants,
from Deep Southern to Appalachian to intolerant Puritans dominating the
northeast not only brought their prejudices with them from England or Scotland
or Germany, but they have hung onto them, throughout their expansion into more
distant areas of the country. That movement can be followed by their continued
prejudices, habits, philosophies, laws and attitudes, right down to today. They
continue to show up in studies, polls, and the news.
Accordingly, Woodard has broken up the USA into seven separate nations, where
those 300 year-old traits continue to shape party affiliations, poll findings,
election results and community positions on essentially everything. They even
follow dialects and accents, confirming their existence as nations."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
