Phi for All Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2016/12/17/505965420/study-communities-most-affected-by-opioid-epidemic-also-voted-for-trump Quote Voting patterns show that areas where Donald Trump did well were also places where opiate overdoses and deaths occurred Quote ... what I found was that Trump outperformed the previous Republican candidate Mitt Romney the most in counties with the highest drug, alcohol and suicide mortality rates. It seems clear that folks hurting financially have been turning to opioid use, and were desperate enough to idolize someone wealthy who promised to fix it. We all know how difficult it is to talk to someone rationally who came to a conclusion emotionally, and these folks have to be absolutely wrung out by a system that leeches from them far more than it helps. How did this get to be a case of the pain of poverty and opioid addiction versus the ruthlessness of extreme wealth and money addiction? How frustrating is it that they support him so fervently? -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten oz Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, Phi for All said: https://www.npr.org/2016/12/17/505965420/study-communities-most-affected-by-opioid-epidemic-also-voted-for-trump It seems clear that folks hurting financially have been turning to opioid use, and were desperate enough to idolize someone wealthy who promised to fix it. We all know how difficult it is to talk to someone rationally who came to a conclusion emotionally, and these folks have to be absolutely wrung out by a system that leeches from them far more than it helps. How did this get to be a case of the pain of poverty and opioid addiction versus the ruthlessness of extreme wealth and money addiction? How frustrating is it that they support him so much? The overwhelming majority of opioid users are white and the overwhelming majority of of Republican voters are white. I suspect the differences between how Romney and Trump did with those groups has to do with the growth of opioid use between 2012 and 2016 more than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) These people are mostly not interested in politics. They knew him only as celebrity, as TV presenter, as businessman, and judge him from this side.. Edited June 24, 2018 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty99 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I dont follow politics but i do know the same people who think opiates are more dangerous than alcohol for example are likely the same people who think vaping is worse for you than smoking. People just refuse to think at some point in their lives, being told is good enough for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I wonder which came first... Did the opiate addicts vote in D Trump, or, did the D Trump voters become opiate addicts once they realized what they've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 10 hours ago, MigL said: I wonder which came first... Did the opiate addicts vote in D Trump, or, did the D Trump voters become opiate addicts once they realized what they've done. There are a great deal of money addicts who've started whole industries preying on the working class, especially those in vulnerable positions. Like folks who get in legal trouble and have to pay bonds at usurious rates to stay out of jail (even though they haven't been proven guilty at that point) so they don't lose their jobs. There are money vultures who lease cars to folks with bad credit, and they install lo-jack and kill the engine if you miss a payment, then they keep your deposits and lease the car to another desperate person just trying to get to work. These desperate folks try many different things to alter this reality, often settling for something temporary. These folks have had a conservative foot on their throat since the Nixon days, making sure only the "deserving" get a break. These folks are constantly faced with poor economic choices, like processes the banks use to keep them in debt with minimum credit payments. They represent a commodity to those who profit from privatized prisons, and the legal system that should protect them is more aimed at profiting from mistakes they've been almost engineered to make. They're so desperate they'd believe a madman who finally recognized they weren't being heard. These folks have been in a lot of pain long before the liar-in-chief discovered how manipulable they were. -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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