• SwampYankee@mander.xyz
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    11 months ago

    The issue, addressed in the article, is that these rural areas used to have industry that gave people a sense of purpose. Now the choices are basically move to a city, die of a heroin overdose, or join a right wing militia. We need to give these people something to do that’s beneficial and where they feel they’re contributing to their communities, otherwise, they’re going to be wooed by groups with ulterior motives that dress their goals up in rhetoric of service and cohesion.

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      11 months ago

      I mean we have crumbling infrastructure. You could probably start some sort of government program to have people work on that. Like the whole pipeline from education through training, building, maintaining, researching.

      Unfortunately a chunk of the us is pathologically opposed to that sort of thing.

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        11 months ago

        The exact people we’re supposed to be coddling and hand feeding, specifically.

        I’m sympathetic to economic concerns, that sympathy lessens alot when you reject any offered solutions to scream “coal or bust” (or relevant absent industry here.) That sympathy dissipates completely once you decide to blame gays and blacks and start spending all your “I ain’t got no money” cash on Maga gear and throwing faschie parades.

        It’s almost as if it’s not about economics at all 🤔

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      11 months ago

      used to have industry that gave [men] a sense of purpose

      They need gender-affirming care.