Appalachia

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It is odd how ignored the health problems of Appalachia are. Some of the ignorance is fostered by the powerful people who rake in billions thanks to coal. A lot of it is classism, looking down on the impoverished of Appalachia has been an accepted prejudice for a very long time.

The sad thing is all the east coasters who who look down on us ignorant and poor Appalachians and do nothing to help do not understand that they are breathing, eating and drinking the toxins emitted by all those coal burning power plants in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. All those pollutants follow the prevailing wind patterns to the east coast of the US. Our children are being poisoned, and sadly so are theirs. Divide and conquer is still effective. Tragically people are buying into the propaganda that green energy costs too much, when in reality the full costs of coal never shown.

Divide and conquer is still effective.