A hypothetical social experiment: Liberals v Conservatives

[Bateluer]

So, if we take two land masses, each with equal amounts of natural resources, minerals, etc. Each is capable of supporting large human populations, however there is no infrastructure. None. Any humans have to build from scratch. You want food? Learn to farm. Want tools? have to make them yourself. And so on.

If you were to take all liberals, those who would vote Democratic regardless of the candidate, and place them all on one land mass. All the conservatives, those who would vote Republican, regardless of the candidate, and place them on the other land mass. Each group gets nothing but the clothes on their backs and the knowledge in their heads. No supplies, no food, no weapons, vehicles, no books, nothing like that.

Assuming no interaction, trade, communication, etc, between the two landmasses, say they're separated between wide expanses of treacherous waters, what happen to each group in 5 years? 10 years? 50 years? 100 years? 500 years? 1000 years?

Discuss.

 

[Infohawk]

Each would just develop their own new sets of liberals and conservatives. Also, how liberal or conservative are we talking about? If you had extreme liberals or extreme conservatives you'd probably get backwards societies.

Other factors would be more important to the outcome of the experimental civilizations. Religion, cultural diversity, education levels for example.

 

[BoberFett]

They would likely all die.

 

[ProfJohn]

Impossible to tell.

Over a long period of time each group would splinter and you would end up with a very similar political make up if you compared group to group.

The first few years would be the most interesting.

Being the more self sufficient group the conservatives would start out stronger while the liberals debate how to do things 'fairly.' But over time things would most likely even out.

 

[ShawnD1]

Each group would be successful in their own way. The democrat side would have a more narrow spread of incomes, and the poorest person would still be well off. The conservative side would have a lot more rich and poor people.

The democrat side would likely have better infrstructure and higher taxes.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

They'd still be begging someone to think for them. It's a wash.

 

[Zebo]

Liberals would demolish conservatives unless they got liberal. Anything you have you were given by some liberal before you otherwise youd still live under feudalism or like some parts of the world where true free market low tax havens exist...they have names like Chad and Somalia.

Investment capital would flood into liberal zones with our highly educated people. None would flow into a place with a bunch of ignorant conservatives... why? Because in less than a generation you'd have a collective intelligence of Haiti as they disband public education.

BTW- Who and how you gonna hand out land in Conservanation? Their head might explode before they even got started.

 

[Fear No Evil]

The liberals would get high and abort all their babies and quickly die off.

 

[ShawnD1]

The liberals would get high and abort all their babies and quickly die off.

The conservatives would ban all forms of birth control and the population of white trash teen moms would explode.


I learned something new today. I google searched "white trash mom" so I could add a picture to this post. Apparently there's a porn series called just that. Fascinating. There's also a porn series called fassinating.

 

[Fear No Evil]

The conservatives would ban all forms of birth control and the population of white trash teen moms would explode.


I learned something new today. I google searched "white trash mom" so I could add a picture to this post. Apparently there's a porn series called just that. Fascinating. There's also a porn series called fassinating.

Got any more racist comments?

 

[zsdersw]

Got any more racist comments?

Got anymore stupid and inane comments?

 

[zsdersw]

Impossible to tell.

Over a long period of time each group would splinter and you would end up with a very similar political make up if you compared group to group.

The first few years would be the most interesting.

Being the more self sufficient group the conservatives would start out stronger while the liberals debate how to do things 'fairly.' But over time things would most likely even out.

This.

 

[jman19]

Got anymore stupid and inane comments?

Sure, just do a search for his username.

 

[CycloWizard]

The third island - the one from which all of the partisans were selected - would do better than either of the others.

 

[Atreus21]

So, if we take two land masses, each with equal amounts of natural resources, minerals, etc. Each is capable of supporting large human populations, however there is no infrastructure. None. Any humans have to build from scratch. You want food? Learn to farm. Want tools? have to make them yourself. And so on.

If you were to take all liberals, those who would vote Democratic regardless of the candidate, and place them all on one land mass. All the conservatives, those who would vote Republican, regardless of the candidate, and place them on the other land mass. Each group gets nothing but the clothes on their backs and the knowledge in their heads. No supplies, no food, no weapons, vehicles, no books, nothing like that.

Assuming no interaction, trade, communication, etc, between the two landmasses, say they're separated between wide expanses of treacherous waters, what happen to each group in 5 years? 10 years? 50 years? 100 years? 500 years? 1000 years?

Discuss.

Look up seasteading.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Got anymore stupid and inane comments?

Its pretty sad the way the left is allowed to be racist against whites. But imagine if this same example came up and someone said all black people would become criminals and kill everyone how that would be portrayed. But because its a liberal poster being racist about white people its all OK.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Both of the continents would perish. The remaining population that lacks people that vote (D) or (R) all the way down would prosper.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

The conservatives would ban all forms of birth control and the population of white trash teen moms would explode.


I learned something new today. I google searched "white trash mom" so I could add a picture to this post. Apparently there's a porn series called just that. Fascinating. There's also a porn series called fassinating.

can't zerg rush without a bunch of zergs.

The liberals would all die because they don't understand that in order for a society to function people have to work to earn their money/food. It doesn't just magically show up.

The Conservatives would work, get things started and then figure out how to import cheaper labor.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Got any more racist comments?

Didn't you get the memo. You can talk trash and say what amounts to racists comments about white people.
If I said, the liberal nation would fail because of all the lazy blacks, I'd probably get my post deleted and or my account locked.

 

[zsdersw]

Its pretty sad the way the left is allowed to be racist against whites. But imagine if this same example came up and someone said all black people would become criminals and kill everyone how that would be portrayed. But because its a liberal poster being racist about white people its all OK.

I didn't say it's ok, I asked if you had anymore stupid and inane comments like the one you posted earlier in this thread about all the liberals getting high and aborting all their babies.

 

[zsdersw]

The liberals would all die because they don't understand that in order for a society to function people have to work to earn their money/food. It doesn't just magically show up.

The Conservatives would work, get things started and then figure out how to import cheaper labor.

Nothing but useless stereotypes in your comment.

 

[MotF Bane]

The third island - the one from which all of the partisans were selected - would do better than either of the others.

This.

 

[actuarial]

Being the more self sufficient group the conservatives would start out stronger while the liberals debate how to do things 'fairly.' But over time things would most likely even out.

Wouldn't there be a problem determining who gets the land? Without some form of system to distribute it, you'd end up with small tribes constantly fighting/killing each other.

I imagine determining a 'fair' system that people buy into is EXTREMELY important if you want to build society quickly.

 

[Acanthus]

The third island - the one from which all of the partisans were selected - would do better than either of the others.

This. For once i agree with cyclowizard.

 

[Martin]

Given their contempt of science and education, I fail to see how conservatives would progress.