Two seemingly unrelated facts come to play in this story. (1) Albert Einstein said that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. (2) A list of America’s poorest cities shows that they continue to elect Democrat mayors over and over again for decades.
Now, you may think this is just an amusing coincidence, but a new study by Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, a psychiatrist at German’s Central Institute of Mental Health says, “Hey, you may be onto something there.”
Meyer-Lindenberg’s findings, published in the June 23 issue of Nature, show that city life generates mental illness:
Compared to their rural counterparts, city dwellers have higher levels of anxiety and mood disorders. The schizophrenia risk of people raised in cities is almost double. Literature on the effect is so thorough that researchers say it’s not just correlation, as might be expected if anxious people preferred to live in cities. Neither is it a result of heredity. It’s a cause-and-effect relationship between environment and mind.
With that in mind, let’s quickly review that list of America’s ten poorest cities and their histories of electing Democrats:
Detroit, America’s poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1961.
Buffalo, America’s second poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1954.
Cincinnati, America’s third poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1984.
Cleveland, America’s fourth poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1989.
Miami, America’s fifth poorest city, has never elected a Republican mayor.
St. Louis, America’s sixth poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1949.
El Paso, America’s seventh poorest city, has never had a Republican Mayor.
Milwaukee, America’s eighth poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1908.
Philadelphia, America’s ninth poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1952.
Newark, America’s tenth poorest city, hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1907.
Looks like Michael Savage was right when he said, “Liberalism is a mental disease.”
Source: Wired
