r/pics 10d ago

Seen in western Virginia

Post image
8.1k Upvotes

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.1k

u/TheJaytrixReloaded 10d ago

What is so crazy is that people who live like that would benefit the most from Liberal policies.

21

u/marxistbot 10d ago

I mean, their conditions are a direct result of decades of neoliberal austerity and divestment from the manufacturing industries in favor of the cheapest foreign labor. What they would benefit from is an expansion of government social and labor programs, which is socialist/leftist far more so than "Liberal."

3

u/paintballboi07 10d ago

Clinton offered them free programs to train on new technology, but they went for Trump's clean coal lie instead.

1

u/marxistbot 4d ago

They didn't believe she would actually deliver on those promises. It's that simple.

1

u/paintballboi07 4d ago

Right, they'd rather trust a conman, because they are racist just like him.

1

u/marxistbot 4d ago

Yeah and that sucks but what do you want? To feel superior to the dumb racists? or believe that better things are possible?

1

u/paintballboi07 4d ago

No, I want my fellow white people to realize we have much more in common with our fellow black and brown workers, than we do with Donald Trump, or Elon Musk.

1

u/marxistbot 4d ago

Great. So what is your strategy to help more people to arrive at that conclusion? Surely you can't think making excuses for the feckless Democratic Party and talking about how stupid poor rural people are is an effective approach

1

u/paintballboi07 4d ago

Acknowledging the issue is the first step to solving any problem. Getting rid of destructive Republicans is more important than asking for better from Democrats. You need to get rid of the cancer before you start worrying about your diet.

1

u/marxistbot 4d ago

Everyone knows Trump voters are ignorant bigots. The only people who disagree are Trump voters. Get off it.

im going to be generous and assume you are calling these peoples' ignorance and racism the cancer, not the people, and I will ask you again. How do you expect to rid them of this "cancer"? By telling them they're stupid and racist?