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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They vote 70%+ Trump/Republican out there.  See what all that love for Republican policies has done for them?[/quote]

Having lived for many years in a similar place, where the main industry collapsed and the town has been in gradual decay every since, with brain drain and anyone of means escaping while they can, I've seen the pattern repeat over and over, it's a cynical mentality that takes over that somehow convinces themselves that the rest of the country is in similar, if not worse decline and decay regardless of any realities to the contrary, they struggle to make ends meet and thus conclude that their own struggle is everyone else's fault, as though the rest of us are "mooching" off of them.  Along with sneering at the ones who escaped as "elitists."  I hear this kind of thing every time I go back to visit.  I've busted my own tail to succeed - busted my ass and paid my own way through college, worked my ass off to work my way up the rungs in my professional careers, I make more and pay more in taxes than they do yet somehow they think people like me are the problem.  And all that belief goes into their MAGA sentiments, and they keep doubling down on it even as their community goes to hell around them.[/quote]
Yep. These people live in such an o solar bubble and have no idea how far behind they are in their bubble.[/quote]

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