

They are mostly foreigners. Until the next pandemic hits, trumps cuts probably hit the world’s most impoverished, most oppressed people the hardest. It shouldn’t make a difference that they’re not Americans since people are people, but it does.
I imagine it’s the same as with hitler. It’s not just the inherent racism, but it’s harder to care as much about people the farther they are geographically or culturally or nationality.
I’m not trying to encourage this but I think it’s realistic
I keep reading west Virginians understand the impact on coal jobs of automation over the decades. Even if coal were to come back, the jobs won’t.
A little bit of searching through the data shows West Virginians are the least productive coal miners, most labor required, least automation. Even if coal were to come back, jobs won’t be going to West Virginia nor will mines pay well for lack of productivity.
The economic case against coal is open-shut. Even if you disregard the environment, coal is not coming back.
The funny thing is apparently US coal production had a huge drop during trumps first term and actually increased a little during Biden’s
But it’s not coming back