OP ED: In the land of self defeat

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Opinion | In the Land of Self-Defeat

I found this really an accurate depiction of the Trump support network, at least in the lower class levels. This is not something that can be fix in an election cycle or by appealing to these voters, it will take generations to fix, and the divide between rural and urban will maybe never really bridge.

 

[dtownreppin214]

Subs

 

[el_oh_el]

Sorry, not sorry

 

[Mook]

Who gives a fukk about rural. fukking hick cacs always bytching about some shyt, is as old as time.

 

[Jx2]

Rural America: Get over yourselves. No one owes you shyt. Suck it up and learn a fukking skill or continue your descent into methamphetamines...It's really that simple at this point. The rest of us aren't looking to drag you kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

 

[re'up]

The article isn't really about sympathy or a lack of it, it's explaining the mindset that these people have, that they will NEVER vote for even they're own self interests, because this is how they view the world, as a cold place, where you get yours and say fukk everyone else. My takeway is there is no chance of appealing to these people, and better to get new voters than try to include them.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

2 great quotes. One from the article:

It makes me wonder if appeals from Democratic candidates still hoping to win Trump voters over by offering them more federal services will work. Many of the Democratic front-runners have released plans that call for more federal tax investment in rural infrastructure. Mr. Widener told me he had watched some of the Democratic debates, and his reaction was that everything the candidates proposed was “going to cost memoney.”

Economic appeals are not going to sway any Trump voters, who view anyone who is trying to increase government spending, especially to help other people, with disdain, even if it ultimately helps them, too. And Trump voters are carrying the day here in Van Buren County. They see Mr. Trump’s slashing of the national safety net and withdrawal from the international stage as necessities — these things reflect their own impulse writ large.

And one from the comments

I grew up in a community of 200 people on the edge of Appalachia, so none of this is all that surprising, except one thing: How did a billionaire (who was a millionaire before he could tie his own shoes) from the despised New York City become the hero of rural folks like the ones in my town? We were proud of our country heritage and our closeness to the earth. And many of us hated anyone with a New York City accent -- "the wickedest city in the world." "The City" even stole our farmland to make a reservoir. But today I imagine most of the people I grew up with slavishly follow the liar who "tells it like it is," who represents the greed and nastiness (and, yes, the wealth) we detested in "city people," even when it didn't exist. I've been away too long, I guess -- I just don't get it. These people are not bad, and they are not stupid. I can't understand how they got pulled into the Trump cult. If he'd been a country bot, it would make sense to me, but he embodies all of the things we resented so much not all that long ago.

God damn poor Whites are truly the scourge of this earth.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

All I can say to these rural cacs is, Get off your asses, get a degree or some training and pull yourself by the bootstraps.