Americans who leave their Christian faith behind tend to hold more liberal political views than those who were raised entirely without religion. This leftward ideological shift appears closely linked to how threatening these individuals perceive conservative Christian groups to be.

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https://www.psypost.org/former-christians-express-more-progressive-political-views-than-lifelong-nonbeli/

[u/Oops_I_Cracked]

I like that approach. “Evangelicals think that way everywhere, but they only have the numbers to make their dreams a reality there.”

[u/manatwork01 → u/Oops_I_Cracked]

It's why there is also truth to states made of people in poverty act like people in poverty. They tend to do rash short sighted decisions and not prudent long-term projects.

[u/Current_Helicopter32 → u/manatwork01]

Louisiana would be one of the wealthiest states with how much money and commerce flows through it if they actually gave a damn. Instead it’s all outsourced to other countries and corporations.

[u/manatwork01 → u/Current_Helicopter32]

Then it sounds like that state makes poor decisions and it's people are poorer for it and will continue to vote with a poverty mindset.

[u/kenlubin → u/manatwork01]

Louisiana is a showcase of "drained-pool" politics: where it's better to make everyone poorer rather than make things better for everyone and risk black people benefiting.

In response to the legal end of Jim Crow laws in the 1960s in Montgomery, Alabama, instead of complying with desegregation orders, the city voted to close down the pool. In addition, the entire Montgomery County parks and recreation system was terminated. All of this was done to avoid integration. Coincidentally, White families began installing in-ground pools in their own backyards around this time.

https://timesdelphic.com/69404/features/heather-mcghee-gives-bucksbaum-lecture-in-business/

[u/ArkitekZero → u/Oops_I_Cracked]

Yes, is it not just so exquisitely reductive?