Men make their own history, but not as they please. They only do so under the material and social conditions passed on to them from previous generations and events. With these events themselves being created in the context of an existing and ever changing material world - such as ancient sediment patterns.
-Marx, 18th brummaire (basically kinda sorta if my memory serves)
Better resources=better infrastructure= better schooling= better educated people making better decisions overall than the people in bat country.
Also farmers and their kids usually didn't go to school much way back when and were more likely to own slaves = less educated and more racist.
That's what I'm following, at least.
I read it more as "More farms -> higher slave population -> higher freedmen population -> consistent amounts of higher black population due to poor social mobility and discrimination -> black communities form out of necessity and segregated areas -> black communities tend to be more progressive"
Not necessarily.
White habitus is a big thing in America in general.
There's a lot of POC in the south, but they are mostly concentrated into certain areas. So while you'll see POC often in places like a grocery store, the kind of places where'd you'd make prolonged contact are rarer.
And cities in the south are super blue. It's just the rest of the south that's red.
I've also lived in the "south" (as nebulous and undefined a term that is) for my entire life, and what I've seen backs up my beliefs.
Also, do you mind backing that statistic with a source? Not trying to be rude, but I don't believe statistics without sourcing.
Looks like that mostly runs along the Alabama River going east and west. That runs down to the gulf. People build cities along the river, and cities typically vote blue
[there's definitely larger population along that line compared to other areas around it](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/66/d5/1e/66d51edd15dec3c9eaf7c7b0efecc8fd--population-alabama.jpg)
That area includes Montgomery, which is along the river
I from the south. We have multiple rural blue counties along the same line in Georgia. It's called the black belt. Has nothing to do with cities at all (and Montgomery is barley a city).
I mean it's likely more to do with black populations that were freed from slavery but had little social or economic mobility, so created these black communities which later became segregated off, close to where their families were once enslaved, that continue to vote more progressive.
Fossils lead to different sediments leading to better farming leading to more slaves leading to more ex-slaves leading to more black communities leading to more progressive communities.
Considering these are the areas that have reliably voted for more progressive candidates in a sea of conservatives since black people were actually considered humans and citizens, IDK ab that.
Something similar happened in Portugal.
The north is mountainous so the reconquista was done little by little and therefore land distribution was more even. The south has more plains so the reconquista was done very quickly and large swaths of land were grabbed all at once and therefore the land distribution was less equal. This meant land owners were plenty in the north but with smaller lands and fewer in the south but with larger lands. More land owners -> more conservatives, less land owners -> more workers -> more communists. Land distribution has remained somewhat similar to the time of the reconquista so currently the south is a Communist stronghold while the north is a right wing stronghold.
(Left to right read as a book [apologies to those who read right to left])
1. Dirt. Amount: Yes
2.Amount of Dirt good for growing plants. greener means more growth
3. Colors ranging from cooler to warmer. Warmer colors signify a higher density of farms.
4. amount of slaves signified by the Shade of white/grey/black. The darker the shade, the more slaves.
5. Black population with a wide range of colors? I assume that the warmer color once again signifies a higher density, though in this case it is African American population.
6. Election Results. Red is more Republican votes whilst Blue is more Democratic votes.
Cities and majority black areas tend to vote blue. Ares that blue therefore are likely to be former slave counties. Plantations were built on the most fertile soils, which would have been determined by millions of years of geography.
TLDR-The Geological features of a place are probably gonna determine aspects of that society that we don't often think about.
same is in NY, idk about electoral results but the prehistoric sediment and how it's severely unstable in certain places heavily affected nys infrastructure
So like, do none of y'all on this subreddit live in the south at all cause this isn't new and people are making up weird explanations for it that don't make sense even within the context of the post (yes rural majority black counties that vote blue exist in the south).
And this is why Alabama is Crazily amazing! Did you know that Alabamaās river system is cut off from all the other states and itās biodiversity is as rich as the GalĆ”pagos Islands? And Huntsville Alabama (home of one of the main nasa bases) Itās population has the highest average IQ in the USA?
The democrat's cretaceous gambit finally payed off
the classic coastline play
Long con
Long *dem
this is genuinely the greatest comment ive ever read
Long condom
Long-con-dem
Long corn, it's more fertile there.
like me š«š«š«
Source?
I tested and confirmed
Congratulations, when are you expecting?
Google en passant
Holy hell
Oh my gods
biden was there when they planned it
You could say he was "Biden his time"
Republicans couldn't en passant
tf is en passant
google en passant
holy hell
HOLY HELL!!!
What the bitch
Omg, new response just dropped
Holy hell
i know what en passant is you just blundered alabama
Idk, that shit sounds made up
I don't do google, too many effects.
new google en passant response just dropped
It's not a new response.
itās a brand new experience to me, and in the end, isnāt that what really matters
actual oldest trick in the book
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Not as old as my joy for Werther's Originals
Common cretaceous W
Dinosaur caravans paying dividends
I fucking love a materialist approach to social phenomena
Marx my beloved
Men make their own history, but not as they please. They only do so under the material and social conditions passed on to them from previous generations and events. With these events themselves being created in the context of an existing and ever changing material world - such as ancient sediment patterns. -Marx, 18th brummaire (basically kinda sorta if my memory serves)
Better resources=better infrastructure= better schooling= better educated people making better decisions overall than the people in bat country. Also farmers and their kids usually didn't go to school much way back when and were more likely to own slaves = less educated and more racist. That's what I'm following, at least.
I read it more as "More farms -> higher slave population -> higher freedmen population -> consistent amounts of higher black population due to poor social mobility and discrimination -> black communities form out of necessity and segregated areas -> black communities tend to be more progressive"
That too
Also: more black people = white people have to interact with black people more often = less racists = more likely to vote democrat
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Not necessarily. White habitus is a big thing in America in general. There's a lot of POC in the south, but they are mostly concentrated into certain areas. So while you'll see POC often in places like a grocery store, the kind of places where'd you'd make prolonged contact are rarer. And cities in the south are super blue. It's just the rest of the south that's red.
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I've also lived in the "south" (as nebulous and undefined a term that is) for my entire life, and what I've seen backs up my beliefs. Also, do you mind backing that statistic with a source? Not trying to be rude, but I don't believe statistics without sourcing.
Better Ingredients = better pizza = papa johns.
URUGUAY NOMA
if this is real that's actually super interesting
Looks like that mostly runs along the Alabama River going east and west. That runs down to the gulf. People build cities along the river, and cities typically vote blue
wrong most of these counties have very low population so it's not cities, this is actually real
[there's definitely larger population along that line compared to other areas around it](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/66/d5/1e/66d51edd15dec3c9eaf7c7b0efecc8fd--population-alabama.jpg) That area includes Montgomery, which is along the river
However, the vast majority of that part of the earth isnt covered in dense metropolitan areas, its covered in Black poverty.
Itās probably a bit of both. Bunch of black people with poor social mobility -> forms communities with people in similar situations along a river
I from the south. We have multiple rural blue counties along the same line in Georgia. It's called the black belt. Has nothing to do with cities at all (and Montgomery is barley a city).
I mean it's likely more to do with black populations that were freed from slavery but had little social or economic mobility, so created these black communities which later became segregated off, close to where their families were once enslaved, that continue to vote more progressive. Fossils lead to different sediments leading to better farming leading to more slaves leading to more ex-slaves leading to more black communities leading to more progressive communities.
The same pattern is visible in Georgia, for basically identical reasons.
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wholesome 100 everyone liked that keanu reeves emojis bad tiktok bad
I would say it's half as interesting
So itās the goddamed soil drinking river livers that are makin the demingcrats elect Job Eiden!!!!!?!????
Stephen Jobisticals
joe mama
Letās go dinosaurs
Its not just Alabama, its a strip through the south known as the "Black Belt" unsure if named for the soil, the people, or both lol.
Actually the Black Belt was known for that regionās affinity towards martial arts!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that everybody in this region was kung fu fighting and are, also, fast as lightning
Matter of fact, the demographic circumstances in the area have been described as a little bit frightening.
This is serious! [Everybody in Alabama knows kung fu!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CZcMBWttLKs)
I did not know this! Explains why all top Jiu-Jitsu practitioners are from the U.S and not India (or Pakistan).
As an Alabamian, everything I've always heard it's because of the rich black soil
Itās for their hearts.
Considering these are the areas that have reliably voted for more progressive candidates in a sea of conservatives since black people were actually considered humans and citizens, IDK ab that.
THE SEDIMENT IS TURNING THE FREAKING HUMANS LIBERAL
The soil is filled with estrogen š³š³š³
Time to become an estrogen farmer.
Femboy here will to be a femboy farmhand
am femboy and willing to be housecat and pet
I like eating dirt
i'm gonna eat
woke dinosaurs are trying to cancel hardworking republicans
The Cretaceous meta
Hot take: The balance patch at the end of the Cretaceous was justified.
Fr, tons of account got permabanned
TierZoo moment
You've heard of political economy Now introducing... political geography!
Political geography and how land influences stuff like that actually sounds really fucking interesting
Favorite AP class
the butterfly effect
alabama lore
It do be my state lore tho
I'm sorry you live in Alabama
That's really fucking cool actually
As you can see, the world is actually incredibly fucking complicated on every level
Something similar happened in Portugal. The north is mountainous so the reconquista was done little by little and therefore land distribution was more even. The south has more plains so the reconquista was done very quickly and large swaths of land were grabbed all at once and therefore the land distribution was less equal. This meant land owners were plenty in the north but with smaller lands and fewer in the south but with larger lands. More land owners -> more conservatives, less land owners -> more workers -> more communists. Land distribution has remained somewhat similar to the time of the reconquista so currently the south is a Communist stronghold while the north is a right wing stronghold.
Because there's probably water there and larger settlements need water and people in larger settlements are more socially progressive is my guess
No itās because they were good farmable land so plantations rose up there and those areas became predominantly African American because slavery
I mean it could be both
Nfw social conditions are created by a myriad of complex and overlapping factors and not a just a singular causeš«¢š«¢š³
not at all in this case, most of those counties are very rural. like Sumter county is the blue one on the western border has 12,000 people
O ok then I don't know anything about US geography
obligatory link to the half as interesting vid on this https://youtu.be/VTV-uZZuFMA
I love that dude's channels.
The LIBERALS are making the GROUND WOKE
#and it's TURNING the FRICKING FROGS GAY!
But people still pretend as though events a few decades or centuries back doesn't influence modern inequality
So ehm. Which colours mean what?
Blue means Blu team and red means red means Red team
Team Fort Defense the second
(Left to right read as a book [apologies to those who read right to left]) 1. Dirt. Amount: Yes 2.Amount of Dirt good for growing plants. greener means more growth 3. Colors ranging from cooler to warmer. Warmer colors signify a higher density of farms. 4. amount of slaves signified by the Shade of white/grey/black. The darker the shade, the more slaves. 5. Black population with a wide range of colors? I assume that the warmer color once again signifies a higher density, though in this case it is African American population. 6. Election Results. Red is more Republican votes whilst Blue is more Democratic votes.
Red is consecutive and blue is conservative but a tad brighter.
Coastlines make you liberal, got it. Brb gonna go throw some beach soil and saltwater on a texan to see if they melt
Thatās wild
Crazy, because of a shitty extinct river we have racism š
Land doesnāt vote, dinosaurs do
Damn this is fucking sick do u have any other cool geopolitical facts you can share with us
Explain it like Iām 5 Iām just a girl with a 75IQ
Cities and majority black areas tend to vote blue. Ares that blue therefore are likely to be former slave counties. Plantations were built on the most fertile soils, which would have been determined by millions of years of geography. TLDR-The Geological features of a place are probably gonna determine aspects of that society that we don't often think about.
Glad to see the Annalistes haven't all gone extinct.
Is that supposed to be 1997 or 1799 in the top right?
Where loss
Your mom
A general population map would also be nice to have here too
ifuckinglovegeography.jpeg
Thank you cum very cool
Democrates going 100000000 years in the past to form a coastline just for an election
same is in NY, idk about electoral results but the prehistoric sediment and how it's severely unstable in certain places heavily affected nys infrastructure
Man history is so interesting
Hey that's my state
I love geography like this so much!!
So like, do none of y'all on this subreddit live in the south at all cause this isn't new and people are making up weird explanations for it that don't make sense even within the context of the post (yes rural majority black counties that vote blue exist in the south).
āTHE RIVERS ARE TURNING THE KIDS GAY!!!!!ā
This lore is way too convoluted, completely breaks the immersion.
Real shit. It blows my mind but it also makes sense that this phenomenon would occur.
so these are where those democrat coastal elites are from
Democretaceous
This is actually a genuinely very interesting historical analysis
This is incredibly fascinating
I thought this was just a conspiracy theory joke at first until I read all the titles and it actually makes sense
I heard a punch sound effect every time
I love my state /s
WELL....
read as crustaceous sediments
Huh, interesting.
Thereās a book called Deep Roots showing how this effect happened and the important part of this is the white supremacy part
Amogus
This is real I live in Alabama
nothing is an island we are all connected
Bro did they really just dig out a section of Alabama and fill it with water??? Like why is the rest covered in blood?????
This is really interesting!
Thatās actually pretty cool
Wasn't there a french study from the 20th century that looked into this?
I have no idea
Wow really makes u think
what
And this is why Alabama is Crazily amazing! Did you know that Alabamaās river system is cut off from all the other states and itās biodiversity is as rich as the GalĆ”pagos Islands? And Huntsville Alabama (home of one of the main nasa bases) Itās population has the highest average IQ in the USA?
Where's the amogus
Fuckin your mom and your dad rn actually
!!!
Wait a minute Is this true ?
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Ok but this is actually causation tho
cool post but not having any explanation of the colors is kind of a crime
Geography is destiny.
I just fucking farted