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J.D. Vance Quote: “Research does reveal a genetic disposition to substance abuse, but those who believe their addiction is a disease show less of an inclination to resist it.”

151. “Research does reveal a genetic disposition to substance abuse, but those who believe their addiction is a disease show less of an inclination to resist it.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “At around that time, our neighbor – one of Mamaw and Papaw’s oldest friends – registered the house next to ours for Section 8. Section 8 is a government program that offers low-income residents a.”

152. “At around that time, our neighbor – one of Mamaw and Papaw’s oldest friends – registered the house next to ours for Section 8. Section 8 is a government program that offers low-income residents a.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Whatever talents I have, I almost squandered until a handful of loving people rescued me.”

153. “Whatever talents I have, I almost squandered until a handful of loving people rescued me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is nothing lower than the poor stealing from the poor. It’s hard enough as it is. We sure as hell don’t need to make it even harder on each other.”

154. “There is nothing lower than the poor stealing from the poor. It’s hard enough as it is. We sure as hell don’t need to make it even harder on each other.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We probably watched it together five or six times. Mamaw saw Arnold Schwarzenegger as the embodiment of the American Dream: a strong, capable immigrant coming out on top.”

155. “We probably watched it together five or six times. Mamaw saw Arnold Schwarzenegger as the embodiment of the American Dream: a strong, capable immigrant coming out on top.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Sometimes I view members of the elite with an almost primal scorn – recently, an acquaintance used the word “confabulate” in a sentence, and I just wanted to scream. But.”

156. “Sometimes I view members of the elite with an almost primal scorn – recently, an acquaintance used the word “confabulate” in a sentence, and I just wanted to scream. But.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Those who could – generally the well educated, wealthy, or well connected – left, leaving behind communities of poor people. These remaining folks were the “truly disadvantaged” – unable to find good jobs on their own and surrounded by communities that offered little in the way of connections or social support. Wilson’s.”

157. “Those who could – generally the well educated, wealthy, or well connected – left, leaving behind communities of poor people. These remaining folks were the “truly disadvantaged” – unable to find good jobs on their own and surrounded by communities that offered little in the way of connections or social support. Wilson’s.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Your generation will make its living with their minds, not their hands,” he once told me. The only acceptable career at Armco was as an engineer, not as a laborer in the weld shop. A lot of other Middletown parents and grandparents must have felt similarly: To them, the American Dream required forward momentum. Manual labor was honorable work, but it was their generation’s work – we had to do something different. To move up was to move on. That required going to college.”

158. “Your generation will make its living with their minds, not their hands,” he once told me. The only acceptable career at Armco was as an engineer, not as a laborer in the weld shop. A lot of other Middletown parents and grandparents must have felt similarly: To them, the American Dream required forward momentum. Manual labor was honorable work, but it was their generation’s work – we had to do something different. To move up was to move on. That required going to college.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “As Papaw knew when he was a young man, the best way up for the hillbilly was out.”

159. “As Papaw knew when he was a young man, the best way up for the hillbilly was out.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

160. “One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In other words, bad neighborhoods no longer plague only urban ghettos; the bad neighborhoods have spread to the suburbs. This.”

161. “In other words, bad neighborhoods no longer plague only urban ghettos; the bad neighborhoods have spread to the suburbs. This.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “My professor gave me permission to be me. It’s.”

162. “My professor gave me permission to be me. It’s.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The lesson? Powerful people sometimes do things to help people like me without really understanding people like me.”

163. “The lesson? Powerful people sometimes do things to help people like me without really understanding people like me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But I often wonder: Where would I be without them? I think.”

164. “But I often wonder: Where would I be without them? I think.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We rarely cook, even though it’s cheaper and better for the body and soul.”

165. “We rarely cook, even though it’s cheaper and better for the body and soul.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites. Well over half of blacks, Latinos, and college-educated whites expect that their children will fare better economically than they have. Among working-class whites, only 44 percent share that expectation.”

166. “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites. Well over half of blacks, Latinos, and college-educated whites expect that their children will fare better economically than they have. Among working-class whites, only 44 percent share that expectation.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There are lessons to draw here, among them what I’ve noted already: that one consequence of isolation is seeing standard metrics of success as not just unattainable but as the property of people not like us. Mamaw always fought that attitude in me, and for the most part, she was successful. Another.”

167. “There are lessons to draw here, among them what I’ve noted already: that one consequence of isolation is seeing standard metrics of success as not just unattainable but as the property of people not like us. Mamaw always fought that attitude in me, and for the most part, she was successful. Another.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “It is a testament to the class consciousness of my youth that my friends’ thoughts drifted first to the cost of an airplane flight.”

168. “It is a testament to the class consciousness of my youth that my friends’ thoughts drifted first to the cost of an airplane flight.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “If ethnicity is one side of the coin, then geography is the other. When the first wave of Scots-Irish immigrants landed in the New World in the eighteenth century, they were deeply attracted to the Appalachian Mountains. This region is admittedly huge – stretching from Alabama to Georgia in the South to Ohio to parts of New York in the North – but the culture of Greater Appalachia is remarkably cohesive.”

169. “If ethnicity is one side of the coin, then geography is the other. When the first wave of Scots-Irish immigrants landed in the New World in the eighteenth century, they were deeply attracted to the Appalachian Mountains. This region is admittedly huge – stretching from Alabama to Georgia in the South to Ohio to parts of New York in the North – but the culture of Greater Appalachia is remarkably cohesive.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “God helps those who help themselves. This was the wisdom of the Book of Mamaw.”

170. “God helps those who help themselves. This was the wisdom of the Book of Mamaw.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “With little trust in the press, there’s no check on the Internet conspiracy theories that rule the digital world. Barack.”

171. “With little trust in the press, there’s no check on the Internet conspiracy theories that rule the digital world. Barack.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites. Well over half of blacks, Latinos, and college-educated whites expect that their children will fare better economically than they have. Among working-class whites, only 44 percent share that expectation. Even more surprising, 42 percent of working-class whites – by far the highest number in the survey – report that their lives are less economically successful than those of their parents’.”

172. “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites. Well over half of blacks, Latinos, and college-educated whites expect that their children will fare better economically than they have. Among working-class whites, only 44 percent share that expectation. Even more surprising, 42 percent of working-class whites – by far the highest number in the survey – report that their lives are less economically successful than those of their parents’.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The problems of our community hit close to home. Mom’s struggles weren’t some isolated incident. They were replicated, replayed, and relived by many of the people who, like us, had moved hundreds of miles in search of a better life. There was no end in sight. Mamaw had thought she escaped the poverty of the hills, but the poverty – emotional, if not financial – had followed her.”

173. “The problems of our community hit close to home. Mom’s struggles weren’t some isolated incident. They were replicated, replayed, and relived by many of the people who, like us, had moved hundreds of miles in search of a better life. There was no end in sight. Mamaw had thought she escaped the poverty of the hills, but the poverty – emotional, if not financial – had followed her.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or get around. Yet I was a curious kid, and the deeper I immersed myself in evangelical theology, the more I felt compelled to mistrust many sectors of society.”

174. “These were quirks, and at first I understood them as little more than strict rules that I could either comply with or get around. Yet I was a curious kid, and the deeper I immersed myself in evangelical theology, the more I felt compelled to mistrust many sectors of society.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Mamaw’s first foray into adulthood ended in tragedy. Today I often wonder: Without the baby, would she ever have left Jackson? Would she have run off with Jim Vance to foreign territory? Mamaw’s entire life – and the trajectory of our family – may have changed for a baby who lived only six days.”

175. “Mamaw’s first foray into adulthood ended in tragedy. Today I often wonder: Without the baby, would she ever have left Jackson? Would she have run off with Jim Vance to foreign territory? Mamaw’s entire life – and the trajectory of our family – may have changed for a baby who lived only six days.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood.”

176. “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults. Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road. Harvard.”

177. “Children with multiple ACEs are more likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, to suffer from heart disease and obesity, and to contract certain types of cancers. They’re also more likely to underperform in school and suffer from relationship instability as adults. Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road. Harvard.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites.”

178. “There is no group of Americans more pessimistic than working-class whites.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

179. “I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Sometimes, honey, you have to fight, even when you’re not defending yourself. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do. Tomorrow you need to stand up for that boy, and if you have to stand up for yourself, then do that, too.”

180. “Sometimes, honey, you have to fight, even when you’re not defending yourself. Sometimes it’s just the right thing to do. Tomorrow you need to stand up for that boy, and if you have to stand up for yourself, then do that, too.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “A big part of the explanation lies in the fact that many in the white working class saw precisely what I did, working at Dillman’s. As far back as the 1970s, the white working class began to turn to Richard Nixon because of a perception that, as one man put it, government was “payin’ people who are on welfare today doin’ nothin’!”

181. “A big part of the explanation lies in the fact that many in the white working class saw precisely what I did, working at Dillman’s. As far back as the 1970s, the white working class began to turn to Richard Nixon because of a perception that, as one man put it, government was “payin’ people who are on welfare today doin’ nothin’!”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Their paper suggests that hillbillies learn from an early age to deal with uncomfortable truths by avoiding them, or by pretending better truths exist.”

182. “Their paper suggests that hillbillies learn from an early age to deal with uncomfortable truths by avoiding them, or by pretending better truths exist.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Part of the problem is how state laws define the family. For families like mine – and for many black and Hispanic families – grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles play an outsize role. Child services often cut them out of the picture, as they did in my case. Some states require occupational licensing for foster parents – just like nurses and doctors – even when the would-be foster parent is a grandmother or another close family member.”

183. “Part of the problem is how state laws define the family. For families like mine – and for many black and Hispanic families – grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles play an outsize role. Child services often cut them out of the picture, as they did in my case. Some states require occupational licensing for foster parents – just like nurses and doctors – even when the would-be foster parent is a grandmother or another close family member.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I can’t understand why people who’ve worked all their lives scrape by while these deadbeats buy liquor and cell phone coverage with our tax money.”

184. “I can’t understand why people who’ve worked all their lives scrape by while these deadbeats buy liquor and cell phone coverage with our tax money.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood. So many people helped create that fantasy. At every level of my life and in every environment, I have found family and mentors and lifelong friends who supported and.”

185. “The life I lead now was the stuff of fantasy during my childhood. So many people helped create that fantasy. At every level of my life and in every environment, I have found family and mentors and lifelong friends who supported and.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “A lot of students just don’t understand what’s out there,” she told me, shaking her head. “You have the kids who plan on being baseball players but don’t even play on the high school team because the coach is mean to them.”

186. “A lot of students just don’t understand what’s out there,” she told me, shaking her head. “You have the kids who plan on being baseball players but don’t even play on the high school team because the coach is mean to them.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We do know that working-class Americans aren’t just less likely to climb the economic ladder, they’re also more likely to fall off even after they’ve reached the top. I imagine that the discomfort they feel at leaving behind much of their identity plays at least a small role in this problem. One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

187. “We do know that working-class Americans aren’t just less likely to climb the economic ladder, they’re also more likely to fall off even after they’ve reached the top. I imagine that the discomfort they feel at leaving behind much of their identity plays at least a small role in this problem. One way our upper class can promote upward mobility, then, is not only by pushing wise public policies but by opening their hearts and minds to the newcomers who don’t quite belong. Though.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society. But in the Middletowns of the world, homeownership comes at a steep social cost: As jobs disappear in a given area, declining home values trap people in certain neighborhoods. Even if you’d like to move, you can’t, because the bottom has fallen out of the market – you now owe more than any buyer is willing to pay.”

188. “Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society. But in the Middletowns of the world, homeownership comes at a steep social cost: As jobs disappear in a given area, declining home values trap people in certain neighborhoods. Even if you’d like to move, you can’t, because the bottom has fallen out of the market – you now owe more than any buyer is willing to pay.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The constant moving and fighting, the seemingly endless carousel of new people I had to meet, learn to love, and then forget – this, and not my subpar public school, was the real barrier to opportunity.”

189. “The constant moving and fighting, the seemingly endless carousel of new people I had to meet, learn to love, and then forget – this, and not my subpar public school, was the real barrier to opportunity.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We can definitely afford this; we’ll just pay for it with the refund check” became a Christmas mantra.”

190. “We can definitely afford this; we’ll just pay for it with the refund check” became a Christmas mantra.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But it was there, and studies now show that working-class boys like me do much worse in school because they view schoolwork as a feminine endeavor.”

191. “But it was there, and studies now show that working-class boys like me do much worse in school because they view schoolwork as a feminine endeavor.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We tend to overstate and to understate, to glorify the good and ignore the bad in ourselves.”

192. “We tend to overstate and to understate, to glorify the good and ignore the bad in ourselves.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The number of working-class whites in high-poverty neighborhoods is growing. In 1970, 25 percent of white children lived in a neighborhood with poverty rates above 10 percent. In 2000, that number was 40 percent. It’s almost certainly even higher today. As a 2011 Brookings Institution study found, “compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high.”

193. “The number of working-class whites in high-poverty neighborhoods is growing. In 1970, 25 percent of white children lived in a neighborhood with poverty rates above 10 percent. In 2000, that number was 40 percent. It’s almost certainly even higher today. As a 2011 Brookings Institution study found, “compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white, native-born, high.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In other words, despite all of the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message at home. And that just might have saved me.”

194. “In other words, despite all of the environmental pressures from my neighborhood and community, I received a different message at home. And that just might have saved me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The moms and dads and grandparents didn’t wear suits like the lawyers and judge. They wore sweatpants and stretchy pants and T-shirts. Their hair was a bit frizzy. And it was the first time I noticed “TV accents” – the neutral accent that so many news anchors had. The social workers and the judge and the lawyer all had TV accents. None of us did. The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not.”

195. “The moms and dads and grandparents didn’t wear suits like the lawyers and judge. They wore sweatpants and stretchy pants and T-shirts. Their hair was a bit frizzy. And it was the first time I noticed “TV accents” – the neutral accent that so many news anchors had. The social workers and the judge and the lawyer all had TV accents. None of us did. The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “This has occurred for complicated reasons. Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society.”

196. “This has occurred for complicated reasons. Federal housing policy has actively encouraged homeownership, from Jimmy Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act to George W. Bush’s ownership society.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “As I increasingly saw Mom’s behavior in myself, I tried to understand her.”

197. “As I increasingly saw Mom’s behavior in myself, I tried to understand her.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But experience can be a difficult teacher, and it taught me that this story of economic insecurity is, at best, incomplete.”

198. “But experience can be a difficult teacher, and it taught me that this story of economic insecurity is, at best, incomplete.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not. Identity.”

199. “The people who ran the courthouse were different from us. The people subjected to it were not. Identity.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Chad Berry in his book Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles, “the.”

200. “Chad Berry in his book Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles, “the.”

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