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This demographic trope of “people who feel forgotten” is annoying. I grok anger about being actually oppressed, but if your complaint is *just* “being forgotten” a) there’s people who’ve *never* had attention b) maybe try to do more memorable things? c) What, you want a parade?
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Isn't this just the polite way of saying that you're being oppressed? "mister it seems you're forgetting something? *holds out bowl to receive gruel*"
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meh it seems like a significant part of the complaint is being “culturally” forgotten as opposed being “forgotten by the system” (the people who complain about being “forgotten” by culture aren’t the same as those actually forgotten by our institutions)
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I'd argue it's actually the reverse. They are being forgotten institutionally, but NOT culturally. Culturally, Trumpies are still being told they are they are the "real" Americans etc. But they feel all the institutional resources are being diverted to minorities.
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touché, my view was tied to the vibe of the ‘left’ having won the culture wars pre-2016 and then feeling alienated by “Hollywood”/the Internet/etc but yeah I suppose they do perceive that institutions are allocating more to minorities (perhaps bc of the culture war stuff? )
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Yeah... goes back to "what's the matter with Kansas" argument. Rural whites in particular have this idea that urban minority freeloaders are getting all the good stuff while they're being taxed and shafted (they conveniently don't see ag subsidies as spoils but national security)
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I agree that their diagnosis of favouritism is probably wrong. But wouldn't you expect efficiencies when deploying institutional resources towards city dwellers? I would be surprised if they had similar access to resources.
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Yes, but more because of the more evolved nature of urban economies (information based rather than manufacturing or agriculture). But reaction is to *personal* subsidies. Welfare-bad-sector-subsidies-good thinking. Good, honest, bullshit work beats the evils of handouts.
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