TRUMP
The old guard is legitimately terrified. In America Buzzwords win elections and sell products. They know this because they forcibly changed our culture to make it so. Yet they did not think their actions through. The buzzword for the last 15-25 years in the US was JOBS. Trump said that magic word, and won. The blue wall of the midwest fell down.
Now suddenly, they are looking at a 2018 and a 2020 where the republicans could gain enough state positions and congressional positions to rewrite the constitution however they see fit. An amendment that defines marriage as a religious union between men and women? DONE. There are only two genders, xx and xy? Done. Immigration is hyper restricted to the best and brightest? DONE.
Whatever they want to do, they will be poised to do it in the next 2-4 years unless the democrats stop losing. So now they have pushed their big, liberal, heavy hitting tech companies to spend THEIR money and expand into two of America's biggest shit hole cites because they NEED those electoral college votes.
You know something is going on when they are having to spend money and acknowledge the little people.
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murraryrothbard ago
I'm pretty sure the detriot and clevland metro areas are pretty solidly blue. I don't see how new jobs for the big cities is going to change the voting map. Might be a business decision to build there, would you want to build anything in SF?
senpaithatignoresyou ago
I suspect it is propaganda purposes. They go to the blue cities because those guys will tow the corporate political line, while saying "we brought jerbs to your state!!!"
One thing is certain: They fear the rust belt turning on them.