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In reply to the discussion: "Would people work if they didn't have to?" [View all]VOX
(22,976 posts)41. Anger and fear, anger and fear.
They're stuck on those two settings. Their personal media (Fox, Breitbart, Rush, etc.) cuts those twin neural pathways deeper every day: fear and anger.
No wonder the mortality of white middle aged Americans is ascending. And of note:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/433863/
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"This trend was especially concentrated in the South, they found. In seven southern statesWest Virginia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Arkansasthe gap between actual and expected mortality in 2014 exceeded 200 deaths per 100,000 people. In West Virginia, mortality rates were higher than at any time since 1980, they write."
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Some right wingers do, but they are deserving. Like those guys who took over that Malheur
Dream Girl
May 2017
#14
Maybe kids and old people would get more attention then, too. And parents would get relief
lostnfound
May 2017
#40
It sounds like a nice idea, but affordable housing would be a major issue.
smirkymonkey
May 2017
#17