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>US rural people tend to trust the government less, so I could definitely see them getting undercounted Isn't this more complex? Do they mistrust the census bu
by Braxton1980 2y ago
>US rural people tend to trust the government less, so I could definitely see them getting undercounted
Isn't this more complex? Do they mistrust the census bureau?
I say this because their mistrust seems to ignore politicians who align with their views. The same people who control the government.
For example ask a rural person if they trust "Ron Desantis" or "Greg Abbott"
- saulpw 2y agoI'm currently reading The Art of Not Being Governed by James C Scott, which is all about how "hill people" the world over have much in common with each other: like illiteracy, oral traditions, living in difficult geographies, frequent moving, different names for the same geographic features--these "uncivilized" traits deliberately obfuscate themselves and make it more difficult to be found, counted, assessed, taxed, conscripted, and in general forced into submission/subservience to the state they are co-located in. "Rural" doesn't quite cover this group, but certainly has overlap with it.