Deaths of Despair underlying the MAGA phenomonon
An unprecedented and ever-increasing number of white, working-class people ages 45 to 54 are drinking themselves to death with alcohol, accidentally overdosing on opioids and other drugs, and killing themselves, often by shooting or hanging.
Vanishing jobs, disintegrating families and other social stressors has unleashed a rising tide of fatal despair.
We elites have not only left them hopelessly behind and don't give a damn about their misery but we actually have disdain for everything about them.
Obama was right... they are bitter clingers... but what else do they have but their guns, religion, xenophobia and now Trump?
Of course, their hero would do nothing practical to alleviate their suffering and Kamala might exacerbate it.
This election will be meaningless for our working and rural classes... and the divide will only widen.
GOD I HOPE I'M WRONG.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUJMyTJ9gyI
Replies to: Deaths of Despair underlying the MAGA phenomonon
Well when Trump was President before the lower and middle classes did relatively better percentage
wise and America felt very positive until Covid hit.
Here’s a perspective on why men are leaving the Democratic Party.
Men disenfranchised by society isn’t a good thing.
Link: Men
Wow was he right on!
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Yep. Spot on. Whole thing is worth listening to.
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If you have sons or grandsons, it’s tough to support the Dems.
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Indeed. I've got sons and daughters. Sons get no help, and are at a disadvantage.
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And if your daughter wants a traditional marriage this system isn’t helping her either
And we haven’t even gotten into tax policy or the fact that Dems are pretty anti-religion
Agree 1000%.
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Must be sumphin in the genetics if you believe MAS on black poor people committing crimes.
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Try to listen the video and place yourself in the lives of these folks.
It has absolutely nothing to do with genetics.
WE ARE ALL THE SAME.
Easy there Curls, I know that. Just mocking the MAS brand of thinking.
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Remember, serenity, Curls.
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I strive to be a Bodhisattva... which means it's not sufficient for me to seek my own nirvana.
Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized as Theravāda and Mahāyāna. The Theravada tradition emphasizes the attainment of nirvāṇa (lit. 'extinguishing') as a means of transcending the individual self and ending the cycle of death and rebirth (saṃsāra),while the Mahayana tradition emphasizes the Bodhisattva ideal, in which one works for the liberation of all sentient beings.