@TheCobbler,
I took a picture of my search of "Appalachians." So I know of the exact history of these people since I know the area and the people, and study history.
They are poor because they used to live their own homes in the mountain, rent-free, hunt and fish on their own, and gather their own berries. They have always been poor, but they were once independent and happy. Now they are mostly displaced, and rather economically desperate. They are mostly Scottish/Irish immigrants who were driven off their own land in their own country, and are distrustful of government. It turns out they're right. The government wanted to develop on the land (progress, you know), to build roads and cities where people were living, encroached on their land, and when they asserted a legitimate claim that they lived there, their parents lived there, their grandparents lived there, they had bought the land and built the house (such as it was) themselves, they were told to move. This wasn't farmers or miners or fishers or City people. Leftists. Oh and btw, they get to put up with movies for about 30+ years depicting their people as toothless inbreeders that like to molest visitors (Deliverance). All of this smear campaign to get people to thing that these are dumb folk that benefited from city life. No, they were left rootless, and thrust into a society that they didn't like and didn't want. They wanted to be left alone and do what they knew how to do. When they managed to get their land back, after being displaced for years, now they need a permit to hunt on their own land. To fish in their own streams. These cost money btw. They are no longer independent but struggling to manage. And of course, they're "privileged" so nobody gives them a hand-up much less a hand-out.
Whenever blacks talk about "white privilege" I show them the picture of their houses...
versus the poor suffering blacks in urban areas.
Now, she may look trashy too, but if you look around her, she has a decent house near her, those torn-looking clothes are probably designed that way, snazzy boots, skateboard, nice purse, necklace, piercing and chain. She spends on plenty of crap, but oh no, she's not privileged, she's disadvantaged.
Capitalism is not some big scheme to steal from people. Now, yes, there are fat-cat businessmen, but being legit employed by them I still feel this way after being employed by Walmart and Amazon. Being gainfully employed is always better than having leftist twats tell me that I cannot have a job because I am not vaccinated. Or who tell me about my white privilege (I am privileged only to live in a good family, my actual wealth is now $1,800 and dwindling). Or who tell me to pay my fair share. Or who tell me any of the other crap I've heard incessantly from the left.
BY THE WAY, you know what effect illegal immigration has on the economy? It creates a sort of black market on employees, where the average citizen is told by law they can expect $15/hr but the average illegal migrant is basically a slave with no rights. Guess who wins in the price competition? Well, the legal worker sometimes, but they are often subjected to at-will firings while the other have more secure jobs. They give them a fraction of the legal wages, but if they protest, they report them to the INS or other groups to be deported. They are also sometimes sexually exploited. This not only creates unfair wage competition but makes the workplace more toxic and abusive. Poverty? It's because of the left, not the right.
So you talking crap about how bigoted and hated Trump voters are, be aware that you are knowingly supporting a slaver as he undercuts legitimate wealth in this country, in favor of a state where the promise of high wages is undercut by illegals and by inflation. NOBODY is better off now than they were even two years ago, even during COVID.
Here's a nice hint: BILLIONAIRES PAY PEOPLE. They own property. They have employees. The more they are able to keep in money, the more generous they are likely to be. J K Rowlings has people who manicure her lawn, she has people who repair her house when it leaks, she probably has people who shop for her groceries for her, and probably has some creature comforts that she buys. She's a bad example because she's a hypocritical leftist, but even she has people that she pays. The more money she is allowed to collect, THE MORE IT CIRCULATES. Economy works when the rich aren't compelled to hoard their money or hide it away. When they have enough, and now want to spend it. The best thing a government can do is offer tax breaks to the rich for employing people! These people they pay can be taxed, but this encourages the rich not to hoard but to be employers.
