I live under the poverty line. It’s doable with a ‘nonstandard’ way of life (ie I don’t own a car and work online), a low CoL area (though even here rent eats up most of my income), and government subsidies from living in a Blue State (thank you, Medicaid), but otherwise I’d be screwed.
It’s also not great, in case that needs to be said.
Now imagine being in a red state. Add being a minority in the Deep South. Undocumented immigrant even. No public transportation. Food desserts. This is what hyper -individualism and entertainment culture did for us, on top of how bad it could be for then. Farther south, the worse it gets. That’s why slaves feared being “sold down the river.” Speaking of which check out the difference in prison/jail conditions and treatment the farther south. I won’t speak on more right now except to add women not having bank accounts, charge cards, right to vote or divorce and the legality of beating them by the rule of thumb.
Just having your car breakdown in a red state is a major crisis, debilitating event - There is no walkable infrastructure, no public transportation. But yeah, everything is like that down here.
I live under the poverty line. It’s doable with a ‘nonstandard’ way of life (ie I don’t own a car and work online), a low CoL area (though even here rent eats up most of my income), and government subsidies from living in a Blue State (thank you, Medicaid), but otherwise I’d be screwed.
It’s also not great, in case that needs to be said.
Now imagine being in a red state. Add being a minority in the Deep South. Undocumented immigrant even. No public transportation. Food desserts. This is what hyper -individualism and entertainment culture did for us, on top of how bad it could be for then. Farther south, the worse it gets. That’s why slaves feared being “sold down the river.” Speaking of which check out the difference in prison/jail conditions and treatment the farther south. I won’t speak on more right now except to add women not having bank accounts, charge cards, right to vote or divorce and the legality of beating them by the rule of thumb.
Just having your car breakdown in a red state is a major crisis, debilitating event - There is no walkable infrastructure, no public transportation. But yeah, everything is like that down here.