ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoDid you hear about Obama ruleimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1595arrow-down13
arrow-up1592arrow-down1imageDid you hear about Obama ruleByteOnBikes@discuss.online to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoIt’d be in line with what I’ve read of Vance. He’ll do anything for power, and the fact that he achieved it is its own justification in his mind. His book is effectively “I grew up in rural Kentucky. I escaped, so everyone who didn’t is shit and deserves to be shit on.”
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoAnd even that I’d a lie. IIRC he grew up in the suburbs. His “rural man of the people” thing is a pure fabrication.
It’d be in line with what I’ve read of Vance. He’ll do anything for power, and the fact that he achieved it is its own justification in his mind.
His book is effectively “I grew up in rural Kentucky. I escaped, so everyone who didn’t is shit and deserves to be shit on.”
And even that I’d a lie. IIRC he grew up in the suburbs. His “rural man of the people” thing is a pure fabrication.