In The Not-So Untied States, Pam Bullock takes note of the increasing number and intensity of cutural issues being addressed via state level legislation. It leads her to ask the question
Is the country destined to balkanize into a patchwork of polar-opposite policies? How will this diversity be reconciled? Does it need to be?
Good questions.
I think the USofA is evolving into no more than a marketplace. If you want to be actively political and must choose, I think the impact of state government and politics on your life will become greater and more direct. That's because folks will struggle like hell to keep the conditions they are accustomed to/comfortable with intact.
It raises the specter of people migrating to different states because of their policies. Will people move to Kansas, for example, because they want schools that include a critical approach to evolution in their curriculum?
We should be so lucky. It's just not that easy for most folks to just pick up roots and relocate. I will suggest, though, that South Dakota will lose a lot of women to post college graduation opportunities if their abortion ban holds up.
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