The notion about slavery ending by itself just gives the whole game away. What then is his analysis of the Jim Crow era, why was there such a visceral reaction to the post slavery era that sought to replicate the core elements of white supremacy. As usual the federal government is the center of all their problems, conservatives pushed the whole free market greed is good mentality during the Reagan era, I bet many voters saw themselves eventually being rich but misunderstood that they were not competitive enough for the new economy. Once minds are set there is very little that can be done to change them, Peter's worldview is typical Republican free market stuff i.e. unions are bad they are harassing Walmart and taxes are too high even though its unlikely his county carried a high tax burden. The blurb about race underpins why it is difficult to change minds, Van Jones went to talk to the coal miner who confronted Hillary about coal and asked him if he would have voted differently without the coal incident and he said no he is pro life and resents being seen as a one issue voter.