It is political- or rather it becomes so, as this fear, frustration is used by demagogues. It's the basis of the GOP

I pity anyone who “escaped “ to NC years ago because they thought it might be more livable.

Looks more appropriate for Housewives of NJ episode

Women are dying for lack of health care during pregnancy, they are being killed by their partners, trans youth are being denied any opportunity to thrive, kids are being stolen from homes and farmed out through an abusive adoption industry.

Never mind the state violence of taking away people's food and housing, their health care, and right to breathe air that doesn't kill them. The USA did almost nothing for the two worst societal crises in my memory -- the 2008 crash and the opioid overdose epidemic.

Even if you rolled back everything the Trump regime has done it is still a shitass country that served the rich and paid lip service to everything else.

Yes. Murdering fishermen under pretext of labeling them traffickers as opposed 2 pardoning cocaine president shows how serious he is about drug trafficking
IMO it’s always been more interesting to address why people use drugs in the 1st place & address that instead of pretending to care afterwards