cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2668759
Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of c…
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/smurfyjenkins on 2024-04-15 15:45:02.
Original Title: Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of capital-intensive agriculture and the rising power of agribusiness who favored Republican policies.
That’s just fuckin ignorant. I live in rural America (upstate NY). I’m a Democrat. I’m a gun owner. I used to be a card carrying NRA member (I was young but that’s only so much an excuse). I’m a staunch pro choice AKA it’s none of my fuckin business supporter. I don’t think I pay enough taxes and i don’t make all that much. I do think my fuckin tax money is pissed away at an alarming rate so i completely understand those who don’t believe in raising taxes.
I don’t make idiotic generalizations based on the contents of my bowels to support whatever angle you tried to approach at. You burned up on entry dude/dudette. Everyone has a past and wildly differentiating circumstances as to why they support what they support. Ignorance is just a slice.
I certainly wasn’t trying to state that I was describing every single rural person in America. Just the broader culture of it. Sorry if I bothered you.
Fair enough, i def overreacted. That’s def a my bad.
No worries. You did help illuminate that even rural culture is not homogenous by any stretch. Even in deep red middle America there is bound to be some variety.
You know you can pay them more if you want to, feel free!
Alright well at least you get me lol. You’d be surprised how few people even acknowledge it as a problem much less understand why one would be upset about said problem.