For years, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina depended on overseas buyers in China and Vietnam after domestic demand for premium hardwood declined. But when President Donald Trump launched his escalating trade war, the mill’s owners say the damage was immediate and ultimately irreversible. By July—just months after Trump declared his “Liberation Day” tariffs—they made the decision to shut the…
They would rather be repeatedly raped by a rich old white man than helped by a young black woman. Thats essentially the modern Republican platform.
Out-groups to bind, in-groups to protect. That’s it. Often on a purely emotional level. Having the out-group be just out and about living life feels wrong to that kind of person. There has to be hierarchy, they feel.
yup, most of these people are basically in survival mode their whole lives. when your worrying about nothing but how long you can stretch your next paycheck…not much room for sympathy/self-reflection/critical thinking.
is why education in developing years when people are least burdened by real-world worries is so crucial (which has also been specifically dismantled for these communities, generally)