this is what rural America fails to either realize or understand.

pre-internet industrial economy, driven by domestic manufacturing capacity, is never coming back no matter how badly Trump & his allies pretend is the case.

when this is the average Republican online these days, we have completely lost the plot. only once the destruction of these checks & balances and his destructive policies affect everyone (not just to “own the libs”) is when they’ll realize they’re fucked. but it’ll be far too late.

average online experience when explaining simple social and economic concepts to right wingers: