So true.
MAGA is led by a master manipulator, harvesting resentments of any kind.
Xenophobic scapegoating?✅
Pandering to people who resented having their school spelling errors corrected? ✅
Folks with unchecked intergenerational or gender jealousy?✅
All are fed a potent mix of flattery & fear.

… sort of protective gear. Hundreds of workers died quickly from acute silicosis. Many were forced out of the work camps. Cemeteries in the area refused to bury them as they were black. A farm near Summerville (many miles away) served as a burial site.

… the hydroelectric power of the New River by diverting a large portion of the water THROUGH Gauley Mountain. This required building a large tunnel through the middle of the mountain. Migrant workers, most of them African American were hired to do the manual labor. They were not provided any…