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I agree with you, Bruce, in that things aren’t necessarily black and white. I believe that the 2016 book “Hillbilly Elegy” (and the 2020 movie it inspired) addressed that “something else” you mention As Southeast Ohio Magazine explains, it attempted to offer “explanations for the political shift taking place across Appalachia and the Rust Belt… [and] emerged as one of the trendiest answers.”

https://southeastohiomagazine.com/2021/05/04/hillybilly-elegy-is-controversial-and-it-should-be/

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Thanks, BK. Looking forward to reading this, too!

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