Dominic McGregor, a British entrepreneur, investor, speaker, author, and mental health/sobriety advocate, used Mississippi as an example of how far the UK has fallen, branding residents of the Magnolia State "swamp-dwelling hillbillies." McGregor wrote on X, "If the UK joined the US as the 51st state." "We would be the poorest state in the entire union." "Mississippi which is portrayed at swamp dwelling hillbillies in majority of international media is above us." "I don’t think people grasp how far we’ve fallen in real terms when it comes to GDP per capita." "We’ve seen no growth for almost an entire generations." "We’ve seen our productivity decrease and our tax increases." "The average person on the UK, on £50,000 is less well off than your average Mississippi swamp dweller." If the UK joined the US as the 51st state.