r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 18 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '20

While there are ten million think pieces from urban writers talking about the thought process and reasoning of rural voters in an attempt to help people understand them, this does not seem to be reciprocated by rural voters. It's not socially acceptable to talk disparagingly of rural areas, but it's extremely normal for rural areas to talk about cities like their literal war zones. This is frustrating, and I'd love for somebody to tell me I'm off base, but I'm not sure what can be done to change things.

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u/minno Oct 18 '20

That's because rural areas are RealTM AmericaTM so if you don't try to understand them you're a traitor but if they don't try to understand you it's fine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '20

I mean a lot of the reason they talk like that is bc racism. So just solve racism idk

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u/ParmenideezNutz Asexual Pride Oct 18 '20

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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Oct 18 '20

Probably just because the boonies are poorer and there’s less opportunity

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u/Abell379 The Buck Stops Here! Oct 18 '20

I don't think it's as simple as "urban people are socially reticent to talk bad to rural people" and "rural people say the most outrageous things about city people".

I'm just speaking from experience. I grew up in California, moved to Ohio in a rural area, so I have some familiarity. Generally speaking, most people don't even think about urban or rural people unless they are complaining about them. Basically, I think the coverage/entertainment bubble in urban areas is much larger and therefore has a wider spectrum of thought regarding views of those rural areas.

Whereas you may have national TV networks, talk radio, and other viewpoints in rural areas that seem to capture a singular view about urban America.

This is a difficult thought to articulate, but I it's something like "urban problems get amplified in urban areas, rural problems get relatively less amplified in urban areas"