There was no one moment when they definitely crossed over into #Ameristan. The closest thing: when Tom pulled onto the shoulder & yanked off the license plates (held on w/magnets). Then the caravan was back on the road.
JULIEN: When in Rome.
#FallOrDodgeInHell #FoDiH

Neal completed the following thought from #Reamde in #FallOrDodgeInHell with his #Ameristan chapters.
"But Dodge was convinced they were on the threshold between Midwest & West: On one side of the crick you're raking leaves while listening to Big Ten football, but on the other side, you were plucking arrows out of your hat"

RT @airbagmoments@twitter.com

Republicans are vile. They are driving smart, decent people away from their small towns, leaving them to degenerate into delusional gun-clubs.

@nealstephenson@twitter.com predicted this in his recent sci-fi novel.

He nicknamed the rural moron areas, "#Ameristan."

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/airbagmoments/status/1344639319127035905