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Excellent piece about #JDVance, #MentalHealth, #Eugenics, and the Pocahontas Fuel Company.

"Of his own mental health, he says he tried counseling once but 'it was just too weird.' . . . . One of the most sadly ironic aspects of Vance’s book, and by default Howard’s film, is the link between the mental health crises that impact his family and the eugenics movement that Vance hints at favoring."

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/20/jd-vances-hillbilly-elegy-ignores-the-real-appalachian-it-portrays/

#JDVance
#HillbillyElegy