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Conspiracy theory time: if you get rid of cities your state will turn reliably red. That way lies the Khmer Rouge..

Ah, the grand plan is to complete the process of rust-belt de-industrialization and turn Ohio into the Shire! It all makes perfect sense now...

They would still have 2 Senate votes.

The Shire is a bit too happy of a place to vote Republican. You need people to be angry and afraid

The Khmer Rouge was a left-wing (Communist) genocidal regime.

Is that to say you don't think right wingers are capable of genocide? Or that they wouldnt do it to people in cities?

If it's purely informational for people who don't know what the Khmer Rouge is, it'd be handy to include why its a comparable situation

Instead of this knee-jerk reaction, why don't you first read the comment I'm replying to?

> it'd be handy to include why its a comparable situation

akkartik made that bizarre comparison, not me.