• xyzzy@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education, lack of intellectual curiosity, lack of introspection, lack of a sense of adventure, corrupt leaders they reelect on ideological grounds instead of outcomes, but with progressive enclaves like any state

    Source: spent a lot of time in and around Oklahoma

    I do think you can’t get a complete picture of America without understanding places like Oklahoma, but America is a big place and contains a lot of different cultures.