Meet the rural Americans who fear they’re being forgotten
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Published 2017-06-22
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Proverb: "The trees kept voting for the Axe, because the handle was made of wood, and they thought he was one of them".
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“If you come to America, learn to speak American.” WOW. She really just said that. 🤦♂️
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"Why should we help addicts?" "Why should we help the environment?" "Why should we help the jobless?" "Why should we care about urban problems?" and then "Why is nobody helping us with our problems?". I get that desperation causes this mindset, but do these people listen to themselves?
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This type of thinking is why they will continue to struggle and be left behind.
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It's disappointing how most of these people don't understand the impact globalization has had on their own communities, or the opportunity that green manufacturing might provide. Not one of them said anything like, "We need to be re-trained, we need another path forward as the economy and country adapts to the effects of globalization and renewable energy."
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Major lack of self awareness. They all seem to be on public assistance just like those they hate. Sad
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Living in West Virginia I've noticed that the smart people leave. They know there is no future in Coal.
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Why would you complain about the imperfections of the social programs you need and then vote for the party that doesn't want to expand those social programs?
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So they are just sitting around waiting for corporations to come to their towns and give them a job!
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I feel bad for kids that belong to parents that don't want them to learn beyond the basic skills required because it makes them "uncomfortable." You're setting up these kids to fall behind
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This type of thinking blames Obama for the decline in saddle manufacturing.
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Learning another language is an advantage. WOW. These people pointing fingers at everything besides themselves.
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These people have been in this country for generations,I wonder if any of of them have a high school diploma.
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Hard to forget about people you never thought about in the first place.
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There's a profound lack of accountability in some of these people. They are definitely preyed on by politicians. They have definitely been taken advantage of by corporations. But they also have to take some responsibility for the trajectory of their own lives.
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The good paying factory(union) jobs are never coming back. Those young enough to be retrained, learn new skills and move to the coast. The others good luck, you’re going to need it. For what it’s worth, stop voting against your own self interest.
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I feel nothing! Minorities have had to make do all their lives. These folks need to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. That's what we were told.
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How can you blame Obama for the decline of the coal industry? You can’t stop advancements in science and technology
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keep voting and fighting for billionaires and hoping they will save you
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I wonder why that woman wouldn't want her child to be fluent in multiple languages. It's not like children that know multiple languages are statistically at an advantage than children that don't.
