In "White Rural Rage" Paul Waldman and and Thomas Schaller finally wrote the book that stops treating rural white voters like children, instead of adults responsible for their choices. As someone who grew up in rural Texas, I'm thrilled. My interview with them. www.salon.com/2024/03/05/-...
In "White Rural Rage," Paul Waldman and Thomas Schaller reject the narrative that treats Trump voters like children
Good piece. With gerrymandered districts everywhere, missing local journalism plus Fox & Friends monoculture, and Dems (often) nowhere to be seen, it's hard to see this cycle end. Still, I imagine a brigade waiting at the local airport when MTG lands. "What have you brought for us, Congresswoman?"
Nobody has more contempt for the average Republican than the politicians they vote for.
I misread rural with “ru Paul” and was so confused at first 😅
I say this all the time. They use southern/Midwestern poor white people while spitting on them, and frankly the poor white people lick that spit right up
This is really great. Going to share this with as many people as I can.
As someone who grew up in Portland, went to progressive universities, then moved to a rural area I can say without equivocation that rural people are simply much better human beings that city dwellers. Thats the nature of urbanism; it’s full of behavioral sinks. Mouse Utopia stuff.
Americans don't seem to believe in Consequences, probably because America coddles traitors.
They've been left to die, so all that's left is stabbing someone else as they lay bleeding out.
But they willingly resent and hate everyone who isn't them because it gives them identity and a feeling of power. They don't believe they'll get power any other way. It's a choice. I feel a lot of people in those places won't ever demand more of politicians because they fully believe it won't work.
Privileged conservatives always looked upon poor rural whites as patsies. They see them as deserving their squalor for not bootstrapping themselves, and the white nationalists see them as race traitors for "living like lesser animal races". I grew up in those places. Poor whites know this, mostly.