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Well, since the only feces that rural people might accidentally step in is in a pasture and comes from livestock and they don't have typhoid tent cities or murder numbers in the triple digits in their towns, maybe they aren't the ones who have made "bad" decisions....
They're getting along just fine, they like their way of life and where they have chosen to live. It's not up to anyone else to decide how other people should live their lives...
Every redneck I know and being one I know a whole bunch of them, rely on the same government services, the same infrastructure, the same Walmart as I do. I'm a better shot than 90% of em and I am better fisherman than every single one I know. They all quote ol Bocephus when their drunk around the fire, braggin on how they'd survive like a country boy but most of 'em would fold like a card table if things ever got hard.
That said, this guy isn't the voice of anything but himself.
Calm down. This is more like code talk with the real target of discussion being inner city folks. All those like them are bad and everything bad is their fault because they aren't modern enough. That's what it all comes down to.
Every redneck I know and being one I know a whole bunch of them, rely on the same government services, the same infrastructure, the same Walmart as I do. I'm a better shot than 90% of em and I am better fisherman than every single one I know. They all quote ol Bocephus when their drunk around the fire, braggin on how they'd survive like a country boy but most of 'em would fold like a card table if things ever got hard.
That said, this guy isn't the voice of anything but himself.
Same, But I live in the city . But when I did live in the country, I observed the same thing. They're not as self-reliant as they would like to pretend.
Look closely at most so-called "country people" and you will find they are anything but....they rely 100% on the same stuff we all do.
It is somewhat true that, in our modern society, those who decide not to pursue a specialized education (in trades and/or in other knowledge based industries) will largely be left behind. I think the Opiate Crisis and the amazing reliance of places like WV on the Federal Dole prove this out.
They aren't bad people. They - or their parent and then they - made decisions which are not, in the modern society and world, allowing their families to be fruitful.
No amount of excuses will do....isn't it the Right that tells us "you have free will"? Do these people have to live in trailers and dole out massive amounts of pills to their families each morning?
Pretty sure those trailer park bandits vote democrat. Same with section 8 housing types.
What is also true is that country people can figure out how to survive no matter what. That average Urban subway rider won't be able to function without city transit, store bought food, or the corner Starbucks. The point is moot because short of a nuclear exchange nothing will happen.
Live in a city if that is your thing but please dont slander those who opt not to.
But when you take the words of one individual and then extrapolate it to a group of people by using "they" ... it doesn't make you any better than that author.
Look closely at most so-called "country people" and you will find they are anything but....they rely 100% on the same stuff we all do.
It is somewhat true that, in our modern society, those who decide not to pursue a specialized education (in trades and/or in other knowledge based industries) will largely be left behind. I think the Opiate Crisis and the amazing reliance of places like WV on the Federal Dole prove this out.
They aren't bad people. They - or their parent and then they - made decisions which are not, in the modern society and world, allowing their families to be fruitful.
No amount of excuses will do....isn't it the Right that tells us "you have free will"? Do these people have to live in trailers and dole out massive amounts of pills to their families each morning?
Wow, Craig.....lotta generalizations there buddy....
Funny how everyone I know would be considered rural, and you failed to describe even one of them. You must be a city boy......
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. But when I did live in the country, I observed the same thing. They're not as self-reliant as they would like to pretend.
