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In reply to the discussion: I am an American Veteran. My fellow Americans, you need to get out of rural areas [View all]Abolishinist
(1,334 posts)I have to agree. I grew up in the 1950's in a mid-western 'city' of around 350,000. At the time, when all of my extended family lived in the more 'rural' areas, having nothing else as a basis of comparison I had this feeling of being, I don't know, better attuned or something. It was only later when I visited places like NYC and Chicago that I realized I was no doubt the same to their culture as my rural kinfolk were at the time to me. Too many years ago to remember, but I don't think I thought of myself as better per se, just different.
But this changed, circa 2010, with social media. I didn't experience it first hand... I'm not one who attempts to remain close to cousins etc, but a few close friends told me of aunts/uncles/cousins, all from small towns, who were posting racist/homophobic rants on their Facebook accounts. All of them cut their family ties at some point, checking out of FB because of this.
Long story short, sad but true, I believe you are for the most part spot on. These folks HAVE NO intention of even attempting to reconcile their differences with their urban counterparts. Zero, zilch, nada, no way. They spend their time devising plans to cut the urban centers off from food, water and electricity. It's an all out 'war' for them, wanting to "Take America Back", whatever that means.