The Pale Man’s Burden
28th November 2018
ZMan is pessimistic.
Georgia is one of the places to watch isf you want to get a partial glimpse into the future, as it is 61% white, but a growing portion of its white population is from outside the south. The Atlanta area has grown like a weed and much of the growth has come from attracting outsiders. A big chunk of those outsiders are Hispanics, so the state has a little bit of everything, as far as demographic challenges. As a result, it will be one of the first states to realize democracy cannot work in a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society.
I am not as pessimistic as ZMan, but it’s useful that we have Georgia as a test-bed to show us what can happen if the demographics go the way people are predicting.
This story from the past election is a good example of something that pale-folk will come to realize all over the country. That is, you can run out of places to hide. Georgia “solved” the problems of Atlanta by allowing the better parts to secede from the city proper, thus avoiding the challenges of being pale in a diverse city. This concept was applied to other areas that found themselves with a pale tax base, governed by a vibrant majority. Instead the residents fleeing the jurisdiction, the jurisdiction fled the people, so to speak.
A lot of places (New York, California) won’t allow that option.
November 28th, 2018 at 13:48
Houston is far more diverse than Atlanta. First, the city annexed any areas that had potential tax base. (Not surprising, it often skipped over areas that were poor – and minority – to avoid having to spend money to fix things.) Then, it treated those areas like Hitler treated Poland. (When it annexed the Kingwood subdivision and it’s 80,000 people, police cars parked at each entry to the area with lights flashing to make sure people understood it was under the city of Houston’s control. Quality fire equipment from their fire departments was moved to other parts of Houston and replaced with aging equipment. Several houses burned to the ground as firefighters watched helplessly because their fire trucks wouldn’t work.) After that, the mere hint of “annexation” brought the outlying growth areas to their knees. The Woodlands, for example, agreed to pay an annual fee to Houston in exchange for not being annexed.
When Al Capone did this sort of thing, it was called “extortion” and it was illegal. When the government does it, it’s just business as usual.
Houston wants the revenues, but they don’t want “non-diverse” voters. Notice I didn’t say “white” voters. There are a lot of conservatives in more prosperous areas who are quite ethnically diverse. Hispanics who want Trump’s wall, Indians who don’t like the idea of accepting Sharia, and Blacks who thing the 2nd Amendment was a good idea.
November 28th, 2018 at 14:01
An RPG does a pretty thorough number on a police car. They’re not hard to get if you know where to look.