I used to say “If the South would have won, it would be a third world nation right now.”
My father said “Have you seen Arkansas? It looks like and is run as a third world country.”
LOL if the south wouldve won it would be a third world country??? Well why do people here believe in the majority of what the south stood for. Lesser government, family values, importance in Christian values, patriotism. Will america become a third world country if conservative values succeed?? I think not
Have you seen Michigan?
If not for the South, the US would fall apart. The major auto manufacturing is now in Texas, Kentucky, and Alabama. Texas has a large financial sector in Dallas and Austin. The south and west are producing our software. There is easily accessible oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Fruits and vegetables are grown in large quantities due to the climate.
You might need the south more than they need you.
People I know from actual third-world countries have compared Washington, DC to a third-world country.