Adolescent internalizing symptoms (e.g. depressive affect) have increased over the past decade in the US, particularly among girls. The reasons for these increases are unclear. We hypothesize that increasing exposure to politicized events has contributed ...
To put it simply, the happiest family I’ve ever seen in recent times was a couple of conservative couples, some of which were steel workers and some of which were factory workers in the local town. They all lived in the same town and got to visit each other for Christmas then share the day with all their kids together. A big happy family of like 20 people.
The couples? They largely meet at church. They also go to church, and have deep connections to their community.
The conservatives I knew were always going hunting and being outside and getting big ass fun trucks and running around doing their thing in little nearly idyllic communities.
Honestly, I think the prediction here isn’t the politics, but living in a rural area around nature and without the city life and culture that comes with it.
These “ignorance is bliss” people are fools. Conservative groups have big big problems, but I think it would be a mistake to assuming there is no upside to those more traditional ways of life.
But alas. Churches are still rooted in lies and global warning is actually real.
To put it simply, the happiest family I’ve ever seen in recent times was a couple of conservative couples, some of which were steel workers and some of which were factory workers in the local town. They all lived in the same town and got to visit each other for Christmas then share the day with all their kids together. A big happy family of like 20 people.
The couples? They largely meet at church. They also go to church, and have deep connections to their community.
The conservatives I knew were always going hunting and being outside and getting big ass fun trucks and running around doing their thing in little nearly idyllic communities.
Honestly, I think the prediction here isn’t the politics, but living in a rural area around nature and without the city life and culture that comes with it.
These “ignorance is bliss” people are fools. Conservative groups have big big problems, but I think it would be a mistake to assuming there is no upside to those more traditional ways of life.
But alas. Churches are still rooted in lies and global warning is actually real.