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J.D. Vance Quote: “They’d regularly go through the checkout line speaking on their cell phones. I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off of government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.”

151. “They’d regularly go through the checkout line speaking on their cell phones. I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off of government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “Within two generations, the transplanted hillbillies had largely caught up to the native population in terms of income and poverty level.”

153. “Within two generations, the transplanted hillbillies had largely caught up to the native population in terms of income and poverty level.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “So I didn’t write this book because I’ve accomplished something extraordinary. I wrote this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

154. “So I didn’t write this book because I’ve accomplished something extraordinary. I wrote this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Change the names and dates, and the Italian Mafia starts to look a lot like the Hatfield-McCoy dispute back in Appalachia.”

155. “Change the names and dates, and the Italian Mafia starts to look a lot like the Hatfield-McCoy dispute back in Appalachia.”

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.”

156. “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: “Efforts to reinvent downtown Middletown always struck me as futile. People didn’t leave because our downtown lacked trendy cultural amenities. The trendy cultural amenities left because there weren’t enough consumers in Middletown to support them.”

157. “Efforts to reinvent downtown Middletown always struck me as futile. People didn’t leave because our downtown lacked trendy cultural amenities. The trendy cultural amenities left because there weren’t enough consumers in Middletown to support them.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I’m not saying ability doesn’t matter. It certainly helps. But there’s something powerful about realizing that you’ve undersold yourself – that somehow your mind confused lack of effort for inability. This is why, whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.” The Marine Corps excised that feeling like a surgeon does a tumor. A.”

158. “I’m not saying ability doesn’t matter. It certainly helps. But there’s something powerful about realizing that you’ve undersold yourself – that somehow your mind confused lack of effort for inability. This is why, whenever people ask me what I’d most like to change about the white working class, I say, “The feeling that our choices don’t matter.” The Marine Corps excised that feeling like a surgeon does a tumor. A.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

159. “Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The people are physically unhealthy, and without government assistance they lack treatment for the most basic problems. Most important, they’re mean about it – they will hesitate to open their lives up to others for the simple reason that they don’t wish to be judged.”

160. “The people are physically unhealthy, and without government assistance they lack treatment for the most basic problems. Most important, they’re mean about it – they will hesitate to open their lives up to others for the simple reason that they don’t wish to be judged.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Maybe, with my Southern drawl and.”

161. “Maybe, with my Southern drawl and.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Confederate soldiers.”

162. “Confederate soldiers.”

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.”

163. “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: “Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road.”

164. “Even excessive shouting can damage a kid’s sense of security and contribute to mental health and behavioral issues down the road.”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “Mom’s brothers would come up and want to go carousing with Dad,” Uncle Jimmy explained. “They’d go drinking and chasing women. Uncle Pet was always the leader. I didn’t want to hear about it, but I always did. It was that culture from back then that expected the men were going to go out and do what they wanted to do.”

166. “Mom’s brothers would come up and want to go carousing with Dad,” Uncle Jimmy explained. “They’d go drinking and chasing women. Uncle Pet was always the leader. I didn’t want to hear about it, but I always did. It was that culture from back then that expected the men were going to go out and do what they wanted to do.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “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. The costs of moving are so high that many people stay put. Of course, the people trapped are usually those with the least money; those who can afford to leave do so.”

167. “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. The costs of moving are so high that many people stay put. Of course, the people trapped are usually those with the least money; those who can afford to leave do so.”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “Mom was never much of a math person, but she took me to the public library before I could read, got me a library card, showed me how to use it, and always made sure I had access to kids’ books at home.”

169. “Mom was never much of a math person, but she took me to the public library before I could read, got me a library card, showed me how to use it, and always made sure I had access to kids’ books at home.”

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’.”

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

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

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.”

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.”

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.”

173. “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: “How much of our lives, good and bad, should we credit to our personal decisions, and how much is just the inheritance of our culture, our families, and our parents who have failed their children? How much is Mom’s life her own fault? Where does blame stop and sympathy begin?”

174. “How much of our lives, good and bad, should we credit to our personal decisions, and how much is just the inheritance of our culture, our families, and our parents who have failed their children? How much is Mom’s life her own fault? Where does blame stop and sympathy begin?”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “Many in the white working class believe the worst about their society.”

176. “Many in the white working class believe the worst about their society.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “As the economies of Kentucky and West Virginia lagged behind those of their neighbors, the mountains had only two products that the industrial economies of the North needed: coal and hill people. And Appalachia exported a lot of both. Precise.”

177. “As the economies of Kentucky and West Virginia lagged behind those of their neighbors, the mountains had only two products that the industrial economies of the North needed: coal and hill people. And Appalachia exported a lot of both. Precise.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Mamaw apparently understood what would take me another twenty years to learn: that social class in America isn’t just about money. And.”

178. “Mamaw apparently understood what would take me another twenty years to learn: that social class in America isn’t just about money. And.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But a large minority was content to live off the dole. Every two weeks, I’d get a small paycheck and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my wages. At least as often, our drug-addict neighbor would buy T-bone steaks, which I was too poor to buy for myself but was forced by Uncle Sam to buy for someone else.”

179. “But a large minority was content to live off the dole. Every two weeks, I’d get a small paycheck and notice the line where federal and state income taxes were deducted from my wages. At least as often, our drug-addict neighbor would buy T-bone steaks, which I was too poor to buy for myself but was forced by Uncle Sam to buy for someone else.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “And what turned me into an alien was my optimism.”

180. “And what turned me into an alien was my optimism.”

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.”

181. “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: “Today downtown Middletown is little more than a relic of American industrial glory.”

182. “Today downtown Middletown is little more than a relic of American industrial glory.”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it.”

184. “I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day. Here.”

185. “There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day. Here.”

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: “Our religion has changed – built around churches heavy on emotional rhetoric but light on the kind of social support necessary to enable poor kids to do well.”

187. “Our religion has changed – built around churches heavy on emotional rhetoric but light on the kind of social support necessary to enable poor kids to do well.”

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.”

188. “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: “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.”

189. “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: “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.”

190. “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: “There is a lack of agency here – a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. This is distinct from the larger economic landscape of modern America.”

191. “There is a lack of agency here – a feeling that you have little control over your life and a willingness to blame everyone but yourself. This is distinct from the larger economic landscape of modern America.”

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.”

192. “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: “Persecution by David Limbaugh about the various ways that Christians were discriminated against.”

193. “Persecution by David Limbaugh about the various ways that Christians were discriminated against.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But this book is about something else: what goes on in the lives of real people when the industrial economy goes south. It’s about reacting to bad circumstances in the worst way possible. It’s about a culture that increasingly encourages social decay instead of counteracting it. The.”

194. “But this book is about something else: what goes on in the lives of real people when the industrial economy goes south. It’s about reacting to bad circumstances in the worst way possible. It’s about a culture that increasingly encourages social decay instead of counteracting it. The.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “He sent an older marine to supervise as I shopped for my first car so that I’d end up with a practical car, like a Toyota or a Honda, not the BMW I wanted.”

195. “He sent an older marine to supervise as I shopped for my first car so that I’d end up with a practical car, like a Toyota or a Honda, not the BMW I wanted.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I’ve learned that the very traits that enabled my survival during childhood inhibit my success as an adult.”

196. “I’ve learned that the very traits that enabled my survival during childhood inhibit my success as an adult.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The statistics tell you that kids like me face a grim future – that if they’re lucky, they’ll manage to avoid welfare; and if they’re unlucky, they’ll die of a heroin overdose, as happened to dozens in my small hometown just last year. I.”

197. “The statistics tell you that kids like me face a grim future – that if they’re lucky, they’ll manage to avoid welfare; and if they’re unlucky, they’ll die of a heroin overdose, as happened to dozens in my small hometown just last year. I.”

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.”

198. “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: “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.”

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

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

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