Comment by ActorNightly

>A need to be more self suficcient.

The thing is, while most people in rural lands think they are self sufficient, they still depend on technology and government services plenty, as well as money coming in. But yet they are on the high horse of thinking they don't need any of that. Until that changes, they aren't going to change their mind.

>I think that starts with people using their empathy and curiosity to understand the divide.

Nope. This has been the democratic approach for ages, and the right takes full advantage of the "weak" left. A lot of current bullshit could have been avoided if the Democrats went hard on MAGA instead of trying to unite the country and prosecuted Trump for insurrection to the full extent.

Its time for the complete opposite. People need to get scared again of getting a beating in public, or worse, if they voice their bullshit opinion.