No. of Recommendations: 1
And then there's this:
In the popular imagination of many Americans, particularly those on the left side of the political spectrum, the typical MAGA supporter is a rural resident who hates Black and Brown people, loathes liberals, loves god and guns, believes in myriad conspiracy theories, has little faith in democracy, and is willing to use violence to achieve their goals, as thousands did on Jan. 6.
According to a new book,
White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy, these aren’t hurtful, elitist stereotypes by Acela Corridor*denizens and bubble-dwelling liberals… they’re facts.
The authors, Tom Schaller, a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Paul Waldman, a former columnist at The Washington Post, persuasively argue that most of the negative stereotypes liberals hold about rural Americans are actually true.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-rural-trump-su...Overall, we rate the Daily Beast Left-Biased based on story selection and editorial positions that favor the left. We also rate them Mixed for reporting due to failed fact checks.
*Acela Corridor may refer to: Northeast Corridor, a train line for Amtrak's Acela trains. Northeast Megalopolis, the megalopolis of cities from Boston to Washington that the Acela train serves.
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And here's the old master Krugman on it:
Business types and some economists may talk glowingly about the virtues of creative destruction, but the process can be devastating economically and socially for those who find themselves on the destruction side of the equation. This is especially true when technological change undermines not just individual workers but whole communities.
This process and its effects are laid out in devastating, terrifying and baffling detail in “White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy,” a new book by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman. I say “devastating” because the hardship of rural Americans is real, “terrifying” because the political backlash to this hardship poses a clear and present danger to our democracy and “baffling” because at some level I still don’t get the politics. (Imagine that - I don't get it either) :)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/opinion/white-r...Amazon
pinkvock
5.0 out of 5 stars Nailed it
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024
Verified Purchase
As a lifelong rural resident and a former conservative they were able to accurately express the phenomenon I’ve seen occur here. I was falling prey to the right wing propagandists myself but over time I saw them moving away from ideas of freedom and democracy. I’ve seen where my fellow rural Americans have gone and it’s been astonishing to watch them wholeheartedly swallow everything. Very tribal in the thinking. Being a part of the community means accepting crazy conspiracies and thinking city ppl are coming to do something to you. It’s not very constructive. Thank you for writing this book, you got it right, I’m a witness.
aassddff
1.0 out of 5 stars Vile hate speech
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
Verified Purchase
This book is poorly-written, vile hate speech. These authors should be thanked for taking off their masks and advertising their beliefs to the public. This is Marxist orthodoxy. Never forget how much they hate you.
I'm considering it. It's only 320 pages, and I have trouble finishing heavy boring tomes.
