[robotblake]

Of specific note I found this quote very alarming

> There was no single cause of death driving this lethal wedge: The death rate due to all 10 of the most common causes of death has widened between Republican and Democratic areas.

[esotericimpl]

This shouldn't be surprising 70% of the GDP output of the USA are from counties won by Biden.

Wealthier people live longer than poor people.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/11/09/biden-v...

The current republican party provides a hate machine with no actual solutions other than tax cuts for the rich and culture war for the rubes.

All that is left for the Red counties is anger and despair delivered nightly via Fox news and the right wing lie machine.

[mensetmanusman]

A large percentage of the 70% GDP is the <1% megacorps/billionaires though, so it’s a complicated picture. Cities have huge inequality.

[Mountain_Skies]

Surely the solution is for Democrats to force themselves on Republicans, who should accept this imposition of control for their own good.

[otter-rock]

The author specifically said that the solution is to find a less partisan approach. Who are you arguing with?

[wolverine876]

With the imaginary Democrats and liberals strawpeople that the reactionary media tells everyone about (tip: meet some actual Democrats and liberals; they have nothing to do with that BS).