Can you point us to a case study of "conservative/libertarian approaches" to an expensive rural collective action problem actually solving or mitigating that problem? It doesn’t have to be infrastructure. That is a genuine question. There are plenty of ideological justifications bandied about, but empirical support seems lacking.
Wow, that came out of nowhere! Unfortunately, your assumption says a lot about the efficacy of a relentless propaganda onslaught even on intelligent people.
"Deplorable" has nothing to do with where someone lives or her occupation, and never did. Rather, as it was inartfully but accurately articulated by Clinton, it concerned conscious "alt right" ideological choices such as
- white supremacy
- Christian supremacy
- misogyny
- admiration for traitors such as the monsters who revolted against the United States of America in 1860 out of fear rich whites would someday be prohibited from collecting and exploiting black humans
By contrast: it may be irresponsible or even reckless to have supported adding over 1.5 trillion dollars of national debt to reduce the tax burden on corporations, and households who could already afford expensive audio equipment or $60,000 cars. But that's not about denying the basic humanity of another human. So it's not "deplorable."
