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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.”

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

202. “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.”

203. “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’.”

204. “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.”

205. “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.”

206. “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: “Our large group left an awful mess... I couldn’t imagine leaving it all for some poor guy to clean up, so I stayed behind. Of a dozen classmates, only one person helped me: my buddy Jamil... I told Jamil that we were probably the only people in the school who’d ever had to clean up someone else’s mess.”

207. “Our large group left an awful mess... I couldn’t imagine leaving it all for some poor guy to clean up, so I stayed behind. Of a dozen classmates, only one person helped me: my buddy Jamil... I told Jamil that we were probably the only people in the school who’d ever had to clean up someone else’s mess.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In a paper analyzing the data, Chetty and his coauthors noted two important factors that explained the uneven geographic distribution of opportunity: the prevalence of single parents and income segregation. Growing up around a lot of single moms and dads and living in a place where most of your neighbors are poor really narrows the realm of possibilities. It means that unless you have a Mamaw and Papaw to make sure you stay the course, you might never make it out.”

208. “In a paper analyzing the data, Chetty and his coauthors noted two important factors that explained the uneven geographic distribution of opportunity: the prevalence of single parents and income segregation. Growing up around a lot of single moms and dads and living in a place where most of your neighbors are poor really narrows the realm of possibilities. It means that unless you have a Mamaw and Papaw to make sure you stay the course, you might never make it out.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Professors and classmates seemed genuinely interested in what seemed to me a superficially boring story: I.”

209. “Professors and classmates seemed genuinely interested in what seemed to me a superficially boring story: I.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “You can’t ignore stories like this when you talk about equal opportunity.”

210. “You can’t ignore stories like this when you talk about equal opportunity.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.”

211. “The wealthy and the powerful aren’t just wealthy and powerful; they follow a different set of norms and mores.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “First Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verse 12: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

212. “First Corinthians, Chapter 13, Verse 12: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

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.”

213. “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: “The Pew Economic Mobility Project studied how Americans evaluated their chances at economic betterment, and what they found was shocking. 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.”

214. “The Pew Economic Mobility Project studied how Americans evaluated their chances at economic betterment, and what they found was shocking. 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: “We become hardwired for conflict. And that wiring remains, even when there’s no more conflict to be had.”

215. “We become hardwired for conflict. And that wiring remains, even when there’s no more conflict to be had.”

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.”

216. “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: “The more harried a customer, the more they purchased precooked or frozen food, the more likely they were to be poor. And I knew they were poor because of the clothes they wore or because they purchased their food with food stamps.”

217. “The more harried a customer, the more they purchased precooked or frozen food, the more likely they were to be poor. And I knew they were poor because of the clothes they wore or because they purchased their food with food stamps.”

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.”

218. “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: “There’re fewer emotional and financial resources when the only people in a neighborhood are low-income. You just can’t lump them together, because then you have a bigger pool of hopelessness.”

219. “There’re fewer emotional and financial resources when the only people in a neighborhood are low-income. You just can’t lump them together, because then you have a bigger pool of hopelessness.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In the broken world I saw around me – and for the people struggling in that world – religion offered tangible assistance to keep the faithful on track.”

220. “In the broken world I saw around me – and for the people struggling in that world – religion offered tangible assistance to keep the faithful on track.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “A special policy encouraged wholesale migration: Applicants with a family member working at Armco would move to the top of the employment list.”

221. “A special policy encouraged wholesale migration: Applicants with a family member working at Armco would move to the top of the employment list.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Social psychologists have shown that group belief is a powerful motivator in performance.”

222. “Social psychologists have shown that group belief is a powerful motivator in performance.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Readers of this book will realize quickly that there is little relationship between that specter and my argument: I have known many welfare queens; some were my neighbors, and all were white.”

223. “Readers of this book will realize quickly that there is little relationship between that specter and my argument: I have known many welfare queens; some were my neighbors, and all were white.”

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

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “Other authors have noted the terrible retention rates of evangelical churches and blamed precisely that sort of theology for their decline.19 I didn’t appreciate it as a kid. Nor did I realize that the religious views I developed during my early years with Dad were sowing the seeds for an outright rejection of the Christian faith.”

225. “Other authors have noted the terrible retention rates of evangelical churches and blamed precisely that sort of theology for their decline.19 I didn’t appreciate it as a kid. Nor did I realize that the religious views I developed during my early years with Dad were sowing the seeds for an outright rejection of the Christian faith.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “It’s about a culture that increasingly encourages social decay instead of counteracting it.”

226. “It’s about a culture that increasingly encourages social decay instead of counteracting it.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “There were many thumbs put on my scale. When I look back at my life, what jumps out is how many variables had to fall in place in order to give me a chance.”

227. “There were many thumbs put on my scale. When I look back at my life, what jumps out is how many variables had to fall in place in order to give me a chance.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “That said, I do hope that readers of this book will be able to take from it an appreciation of how class and family affect the poor without filtering their views through a racial prism.”

228. “That said, I do hope that readers of this book will be able to take from it an appreciation of how class and family affect the poor without filtering their views through a racial prism.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “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’.”

229. “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: “I’ve never heard anyone else called “the nicest person in the world.” For Gail, it’s an entirely deserved title.”

230. “I’ve never heard anyone else called “the nicest person in the world.” For Gail, it’s an entirely deserved title.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “But hillbillies shared many regional characteristics with the southern blacks arriving in Detroit.”10 One.”

231. “But hillbillies shared many regional characteristics with the southern blacks arriving in Detroit.”10 One.”

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.”

232. “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: “She didn’t just preach and cuss and demand. She showed me what was possible – a peaceful Sunday afternoon with the people I loved – and made sure I knew how to get there. Reams.”

233. “She didn’t just preach and cuss and demand. She showed me what was possible – a peaceful Sunday afternoon with the people I loved – and made sure I knew how to get there. Reams.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We can easily create a welfare state that accepts the fact of a permanent American underclass, one where family dysfunction, childhood trauma, cultural segregation, and hopelessness coexist with some basic measure of subsistence. Or we can do something considerably more difficult: reject the notion of a permanent American underclass.”

234. “We can easily create a welfare state that accepts the fact of a permanent American underclass, one where family dysfunction, childhood trauma, cultural segregation, and hopelessness coexist with some basic measure of subsistence. Or we can do something considerably more difficult: reject the notion of a permanent American underclass.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Evolution and the Big Bang became ideologies to confront, not theories to understand.”

235. “Evolution and the Big Bang became ideologies to confront, not theories to understand.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Persecution by David Limbaugh about the various ways that Christians were discriminated against.”

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

J.D. Vance Quote: “It would be years before I learned that no single book, or expert, or field could fully explain the problems of hillbillies in modern America. Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith. During.”

237. “It would be years before I learned that no single book, or expert, or field could fully explain the problems of hillbillies in modern America. Our elegy is a sociological one, yes, but it is also about psychology and community and culture and faith. During.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “How do you ask a professor if the judge he’s recommending you to is a nice lady? It’s.”

238. “How do you ask a professor if the judge he’s recommending you to is a nice lady? It’s.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “The best way to look at this might be to recognize that you probably can’t fix these things. They’ll always be around. But maybe you can put your thumb on the scale a little for the people at the margins.” There.”

239. “The best way to look at this might be to recognize that you probably can’t fix these things. They’ll always be around. But maybe you can put your thumb on the scale a little for the people at the margins.” There.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit that our conduct harms our children? Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

240. “Are we tough enough to look ourselves in the mirror and admit that our conduct harms our children? Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us. Recall.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Oddly enough, we think we attend church more than we actually do. In a recent Gallup poll, Southerners and Midwesterners reported the highest rates of church attendance in the country. Yet actual church attendance is much lower in the South. This.”

241. “Oddly enough, we think we attend church more than we actually do. In a recent Gallup poll, Southerners and Midwesterners reported the highest rates of church attendance in the country. Yet actual church attendance is much lower in the South. This.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “My people were extreme, but extreme in the service of something – defending a sister’s honor or ensuring that a criminal paid for his crimes. The.”

242. “My people were extreme, but extreme in the service of something – defending a sister’s honor or ensuring that a criminal paid for his crimes. The.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “We choose not to work when we should be looking for jobs.”

243. “We choose not to work when we should be looking for jobs.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “My primary aim is to tell a true story about what that problem feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck.”

244. “My primary aim is to tell a true story about what that problem feels like when you were born with it hanging around your neck.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “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 school or college graduates, homeowners, and not receiving public assistance.”12.”

245. “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 school or college graduates, homeowners, and not receiving public assistance.”12.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “I’m the kind of patriot whom people on the Acela corridor laugh at.”

246. “I’m the kind of patriot whom people on the Acela corridor laugh at.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “It’s hard to put a dollar value on that advice. It’s the kind of thing that continues to pay dividends. But make no mistake: The advice had tangible economic value.”

247. “It’s hard to put a dollar value on that advice. It’s the kind of thing that continues to pay dividends. But make no mistake: The advice had tangible economic value.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “In her more compassionate moments, Mamaw asked if it made any sense that our society could afford aircraft carriers but not drug treatment facilities – like Mom’s – for everyone.”

248. “In her more compassionate moments, Mamaw asked if it made any sense that our society could afford aircraft carriers but not drug treatment facilities – like Mom’s – for everyone.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Many of us have dropped out of the labor force or have chosen not to relocate for better opportunities.”

249. “Many of us have dropped out of the labor force or have chosen not to relocate for better opportunities.”

J.D. Vance Quote: “Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities.”

250. “Barack Obama strikes at the heart of our deepest insecurities.”

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