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Poorest Region of America - What It Really Looks Like [1:04:09] (youtu.be)

submitted 4 months ago by FireTower to c/videos

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Just over the 1hr mark but you can skip to different segments and not lose much.

A really interesting piece consisting of an independent journalist interviewing locals on the issues facing Appalachia.

A region tied to coal in a increasingly green world. My take-away was that their favor of coal is more so tied to their favor of their community (which historically has been defined by the industry).

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Some of the locals were pretty gross, blaming other people in their same situation for not having enough "work ethic" instead of looking at the actual causes.

Appalachia is pretty poor, but it's nothing like the reservations that, if they ever had industry, the locals never saw a nickle of.

[–] danc4498 2 points 4 months ago

This is America. You get the poor to fight the poor so the upper class can keep their yachts.