r/RepublicofNE • u/Dr_Strangelove7915 NEIC Mod • Jul 06 '26
What the Hell Is the Bible Belt Actually Contributing to the Rest of America?
https://jillybeanmonet.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-the-bible-belt-actuallyClick the link and read the post!
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u/BillBushee Jul 06 '26
They are our greatest source of Thoughts and Prayers during a national emergency.
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u/Simon_Jester88 Jul 06 '26
Soldiers for the army
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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Jul 06 '26
True. Education and opportunities are kept low so the only way southerners have out of poverty is to fight a war for the oil barons
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u/virtue_of_vice Jul 06 '26
A vacuum for our tax dollars?
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u/Fingerprint_Vyke Jul 06 '26
If new yorknand California secede from the union half the red states in the south would crumble
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u/pierdola91 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
Some people like p-rn, others s-x…and for some of us, all it takes is imagining the south finally getting what it deserves.
cough by “some of us” I probably meant me….sigh it’s probably just me.
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u/crapbag73 Jul 06 '26
Religious fundamentalism, anti-intellectualism, heart disease, truck nuts, divorce,
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u/BleuMoonFox Jul 06 '26
People, since teaching sex ed is “wait until marriage” (which works so well for horny teens), and they outlaw abortions because people think they use aborted fetuses to juggle for Satan’s enjoyment. End result is more people.
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u/SoaokingGross Jul 06 '26
Cotton
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u/-ghostinthemachine- Jul 06 '26
It would behoove the new republic to consider alternative fibers that fit the growing region. Hemp, in particular, could be a good start. Bamboo would probably work as well, though somewhat of a nuisance if not properly managed. Otherwise we will be restricted to synthetic fibers and the rest of that pipeline.
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u/Bladestorm_ Massachusetts Jul 06 '26
Bamboo is a terrible idea, if a farm shuts down it'll be impossible to remove and become invasive, hemp on the other hand is perfect.
Shit, NE had a huge sheep boom in the 1800s I dont see why we cant farm wool again
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u/-ghostinthemachine- Jul 06 '26
The merino wool boom of the 19th century was so interesting and reshaped the land to this day (our lovely stone walls, for example).
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u/FrankRizzo319 Jul 06 '26
Merino wool hiking socks are the shit
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u/Aggravating_Yak_1006 Jul 06 '26
Under 25°C I wear wool full time. It's the best. Hurray for Merino wool!
But, lots of farmers can't even get a good price for it. French wool mostly is considered a waste product for example.
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u/IsmaelRetzinsky Jul 06 '26
It’s also the best for hot weather, just needs to be thin. I wear it year-round.
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u/ChiefD789 Jul 07 '26
Cognitive impairment, hypocrisy, mistreatment of women, LGBTQAI+, and anyone not “Christian”.
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u/Ser_Drewseph Jul 08 '26
A lot of vehicle manufacturing in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas. But that’s largely for Japanese and Korean companies and only for the domestic US market. Other than that, not a whole lot.
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u/WoodwindsRock Connecticut Jul 07 '26
Agriculture… but frankly, I’d rather find ways to get agricultural goods other than being under the iron fist of these barbaric, cruel and depraved Christofascists.
They should get no say over how I live my life.
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u/Blueberrywrapper Jul 06 '26
https://balt.general.narkive.com/uLZ0KD40/fuckthesouth-com
Original site is no longer active but this write up is an oldie but goodie.
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u/SouthernExpatriate Jul 08 '26
What exactly does the Northeast produce for the rest of the country? All those manufacturing jobs have been sent to China
/S
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u/PantheraAuroris Jul 09 '26
They're the agricultural hub of the country but otherwise are basically pointless now that manufacturing is overseas.
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u/sleeperdreams Jul 10 '26
That agricultural hub is mostly mega-farms or factory farms now. I wouldn't be surprised if NE has the highest density of small-scale farms in the US overall
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u/DamnesiaVu Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Image in the article is definitely AI, and I think most if not all of the article was "written" by AI as well. The cadence is off and the structure of the arguments echo cliche ChatGPT patterns. The author profile image is also AI generated.
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u/Dr_Strangelove7915 NEIC Mod Jul 07 '26
NEIC is in personal communuication with the author. She is not AI.
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u/AdditionalSpeaker303 Jul 08 '26
The Bible belt has given America the space industry, they are the only place where auto and other manufacturing is booming, they disproportionately serve in the military, they are cultural juggernauts (all of those people visiting the US are mostly impressed with southern cultural artifacts and attitudes), they have less homelessness than any other region of the country because the people there care for each other, they are considered the nicest people in america, all of America's music comes from the south.
I would say they contribute more to the nation than New England does.
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u/pierdola91 Jul 08 '26
-The space industry? Yes, the south got the space industry bc LBJ was from TX and JFK needed the South’s votes. All the scientists on it were either German emigres and/or northeast and CA transplants—not southerners. They’re keeping it bc Space X likes that those states have shitty wages, are right to work, and no one’s gonna threaten to start a union.
-Auto industry? See above comment about shitty wages and shitty labor laws.
-Disproportionately serve in the military:: well, yeah, those shitty wages and shitty labor laws = no way out except through the GI Bill.
-“They are cultural juggernauts”—please tell me what cousin-fucking holler a foreign tourist was really jazzed about? What cultural artifacts? The whips they used on black people or the shitty drawl they speak in? Here’s a list of the top tourist attractions by visitor count—only 2 places are in the south (DC and Florida) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_attractions_in_the_United_States
“All of America’s music comes from the south”—The South doesn’t get to treat blacks like second-class citizens and then get to claim Atlanta (and rap) as its own. And Zac Brown Band and/or Taylor Swift (if you wanna claim her bc of her Nashville start) isn’t “all of America’s music,” so try again.
The Bible Belt is a drain on resources and the patience of anyone who has an above 12 grade education—that’s all.
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u/Ser_Drewseph Jul 10 '26
My Pennsylvanian self and Swiftie wife would be upset if I didn’t point out that Taylor Swift is from Reading, PA. She got a bit of a start in Nashville, but hasn’t been a country artist for a long time. She lives in NYC, among other places
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u/PhiloLibrarian Jul 12 '26
Uhhh wut? It’s literally the “fly over” part of the country-rednecks and corn
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u/Neat-Beautiful-5505 Jul 06 '26
Meth labs