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The trend you described has been going on since Reagan, and the "rural poor" haven't budged. I have no expectation that attitudes will change in Rural America,

The trend you described has been going on since Reagan, and the "rural poor" haven't budged. I have no expectation that attitudes will change in Rural America, not matter how bad things get.

Herring 1y ago
Way longer than that if you want to get technical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer In a nutshell that's why the South is so poor. They've been falling for this for generations.
sokoloff 1y ago
It turns out when the other party runs on “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable”, that people tend to increase their support for their current party rather than deciding “you know what? They’re right; we should switch to follow those coastal elites…”
- Herring 1y ago
  I’ve been all around the world. Only in America do people insist on doing evil things and still want to be praised for it. It’s the stupid brand of evil too, like killing millions AND pissing away trillions of dollars in useless Middle East wars (god forbid you say anything against American foreign policy). Or ICE destroying lives AND hurting your own economy. It’s not like republican states are the richest! But the poorer they get the angrier and more dug-in they get.
- myvoiceismypass 1y ago
  > “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable” Hypocrisy - Trump and the GOP regularly call _half_ the country a whole fucking barrage of terms (pedophiles, rapists, marxist socialist communist fascists, evil, ungodly, sick, etc) on a regular fucking basis. Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.
  - sokoloff 1y ago
    And for the exact same reasons, that is just as ineffective at convincing new people to join their ranks, but rather cements support for the DNC for existing DNC members.
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    - Herring 1y ago
      If you have to be persuaded not to do evil shit, well democrats (and independents) increasingly don’t even want you. https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new... One fine day, liberals will wake up and decide they have had enough. Whatever the cost. Conservatives will be so surprised - look how high their pride is.

The trend you described has been going on since Reagan, and the "rural poor" haven't budged. I have no expectation that attitudes will change in Rural America, not matter how bad things get.

Herring 1y ago

Way longer than that if you want to get technical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide_and_conquer In a nutshell that's why the South is so poor. They've been falling for this for generations.

sokoloff 1y ago

It turns out when the other party runs on “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable”, that people tend to increase their support for their current party rather than deciding “you know what? They’re right; we should switch to follow those coastal elites…”

Herring 1y ago
I’ve been all around the world. Only in America do people insist on doing evil things and still want to be praised for it. It’s the stupid brand of evil too, like killing millions AND pissing away trillions of dollars in useless Middle East wars (god forbid you say anything against American foreign policy). Or ICE destroying lives AND hurting your own economy. It’s not like republican states are the richest! But the poorer they get the angrier and more dug-in they get.
myvoiceismypass 1y ago
> “we’re smarter and have better ideas than you and 25% of you are deplorable” Hypocrisy - Trump and the GOP regularly call _half_ the country a whole fucking barrage of terms (pedophiles, rapists, marxist socialist communist fascists, evil, ungodly, sick, etc) on a regular fucking basis. Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.
- sokoloff 1y ago
  And for the exact same reasons, that is just as ineffective at convincing new people to join their ranks, but rather cements support for the DNC for existing DNC members.
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  - Herring 1y ago
    If you have to be persuaded not to do evil shit, well democrats (and independents) increasingly don’t even want you. https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/692150/american-pride-slips-new... One fine day, liberals will wake up and decide they have had enough. Whatever the cost. Conservatives will be so surprised - look how high their pride is.