> they view people homeless, struggling, or unable to afford healthcare as a moral failing
...until it's them. If you really want to rile up an old white rural dude with a Trump placard on their lawn, threaten to take away their healthcare subsidies. Or really any other kind, and for most farmers that's a long list. Then the sparks will really start to fly. They believe that government assistance is a God-given right for "salt of the earth" like themselves, but an absolute crime for those "other people" in the cities. It's not hard to see the subtext, even when they're not consciously aware of it themselves.
...until it's them. If you really want to rile up an old white rural dude with a Trump placard on their lawn, threaten to take away their healthcare subsidies. Or really any other kind, and for most farmers that's a long list. Then the sparks will really start to fly. They believe that government assistance is a God-given right for "salt of the earth" like themselves, but an absolute crime for those "other people" in the cities. It's not hard to see the subtext, even when they're not consciously aware of it themselves.