post malone ergo propter malone: always have to remind myself that the Texas Democrats the Texas GOP replaced were, among many other things not all of which were bad, comically corrupt

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In retrospect it's really bizarre how long Texas Republicans managed to hold the Good For Business thing running

I think it's becuase a big part of the Texas boom is natural resources based. Look at places like ND, WY, etc. That have had economic booms based on ntl resources, which are different from the service based booms in AZ and GA. TX is kinda a hybrid of the two I'd argue.

It's weird to consider this now but it is actually true that the Texas Republicans used to be reasonably good at investing in higher education and drawing high-capital businesses (through friendly tax structures, light hand regulations, etc)

This is not an endorsement of them, only a bemused observation

always have to remind myself that the Texas Democrats the Texas GOP replaced were, among many other things not all of which were bad, comically corrupt

Well, see, that's how they did all the bipartisanship they used to do. Sorted it all out over drinks and cigars and stacks of hundred dollar bills at the Cloak Room

LBJ etc al were the reform side of the party!

*ET AL gdi

But yeah the dixiecrays were basically the same party as the current GOP

*Dixiecrats 😭

anyways this is when I've seen folks state "TX used to be a blue state, Dems could've prevented _x_" I just stare to the middle distance

I don’t believe it was preventable but, Texas got a lot stranger in the last quarter of a century. I think the reputation became self-reinforcing at some point. I visit family there every couple of years and it’s getting really odd.

All we needed to do was not have a civil rights movement. Or a New Deal. Or Reconstruction. Easy.

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