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9. This video is an incredible deep-dive into rural and isolated America. Your take is incredibly privileged.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 02:16 PM
Feb 2025

An America where people feel the government has failed them, has espoused only the whimsy of the "Big Cities" and has catered solely to the coastal elites. You say it's depressing, but I've watched this video several times before; These people are HAPPY. They're happy and sure, troubled, but who isn't? They enjoy their lives, they're proud of who they are and where they were raised, they cherish their families and locales and homes, yet you call it depressing?

Why? Because they don't live like you? Because they vote differently than you?

These people have made a joyous life for themselves and because you see them as "The other" you call it depressing.

Screw it, I'll eat the hide.

Check your privilege. Be better. Because you're no better than them.

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This is after Trump brought back all the coal jobs like he promised.. Norrrm Feb 2025 #1
These areas often have lost all local news sources Johonny Feb 2025 #2
the solution is RJ-MacReady Feb 2025 #3
I had a job DeepWinter Feb 2025 #6
THIS is the correct answer. WarGamer Feb 2025 #13
Envy Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #16
Our outreach has to change. Passages Feb 2025 #4
Bernie Sanders tried that. He went right into True Blue American Feb 2025 #8
He did well there and the lessons should be to keep at it until we get their votes back. imho Passages Feb 2025 #11
But it has to be a flood of meetings, not just a trickle. True Blue American Feb 2025 #17
Yes! Passages Feb 2025 #21
What did tRump say in 2016 after winning the then Nevada caucuses? ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2025 #5
I ... dunno. This seems patronizing, or maybe condescending ...? Ursus Rex Feb 2025 #7
Recced. Lot of superior, "Holier than thou, how dare you filthy peasants" vibes. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Feb 2025 #10
Outrage-hunting serves no useful purpose. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #20
This video is an incredible deep-dive into rural and isolated America. Your take is incredibly privileged. Hellbound Hellhound Feb 2025 #9
Oh yes... it's very depressing. Food insecurity, no healthcare, few jobs, limited education opportunities * Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #14
the same dude did one of the Mississippi Delta region... WarGamer Feb 2025 #12
There's another youtuber who has a series of videos called "Soft White Underbelly" * Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #15
Southern WV Mountainguy Feb 2025 #18
War on poverty Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #19
Oh, it is JD Vance's people misanthrope Feb 2025 #22
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