Yea sorta... when people are huddled on top of eachother and packed densly they tend to go blue. Those same people allowed to be spread out in nature tend to vote red.
One could argue cities are less healthy to live in due to the tight space, overcrowding, violence, etc. This leads to people demanding more controls (a classically blue outlook). We know from rat models overcrowding leads to oretty unhealthy rats.
@mapto No thats unrelated but it is a very real problem. You arent seeing congressional districts here so the effect described in that link is unrelated.
@TruthSandwich you need to relearn your definition of democract cause that aint it.
@TruthSandwich With the electorial college in place they are, or at least, they stand a better chance of it. Otherwise good luck, only if the masta's tell you you are.
@TruthSandwich I am all for the electorial college. Not because dirt should vote, but because avoiding a "tyranny of the minority" is a good rule.. a politician running for president should have to get support from multiple different types of groups and cultures in order to be able to win. Otherwise it will lead to any groups within the minority to be ignored.
@TruthSandwich Yea you keep trying to find points im not trying to make... Again i am not suggesting the red is unfairly treated because of this mapping.
Visual example...
@TruthSandwich Im not suggesting states should vote red... or that red has some right to take over the state.
But it is telling when you look at a map that goes down below the county level at who is red vs blue... even the most blue states look like a sea of red.
@louisrcouture Yea, atheists cant join.. agnostics, probably not. The supreme being requirement can be anything you want. It is forbidden to discuss religion at the lodges so you will never be asked what religion you are, but they do expect you to believe in something.
@louisrcouture You'd have to join at your local lodge. But yea its pretty easy to get in :)
@ambihelical Im sorry to hear that. But that does give me a good enough idea. Thanks.
@ambihelical I sure will. What region did he join in?
@Romaq the difference is that a minecraft server doesnt rely on a healthy connected and federated network to be useful.
@Romaq It really shows how morally superior we are...
Here we go again... man weve been through this so many times here on the fediverse... lets stop with the toxicity please.
@cobratbq yes, i mean it is a secret society afterall... a lot of it is vague and probably doesnt become well understood until your already in it.
@cobratbq As I understand it you dont have any advantage if your family is a member. But it is something parents encourage their kids to do because they feel it will help their children grow to be better people.
The main thing your supposed to get out of it is to be a better person. The fundemental idea of freemasonry is mentorship to grow as a person.. many of the principles are to encourage you to be charitable, kind, and someone who contributes to society. There is also brotherhood in the sense that you are expected to help your fellow members just as they will help you when you need it. It seems most of the past time activities that freemasons organize focus on charity. Also many of the extrcurricular groups you can join once you reach master mason are often very charity focused. For example the Shriners are all masons who specifically want to help create charity hospitals.
@cobratbq Sadly my dad is dead and I never had any contact with my paternal line. I got to know that side of my family after his death. So despite such a long history of it in my family I never had and will never have, and exposure through my family.
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