Part 1 of 2 of our episodes on conservative belief about mental health. The doctrine: Mental purity is more important than mental health. 

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Why do farmers keep voting republican? First thing to understand is that farm owners and farm workers are two very different groups. The vast majority of farm owners are part of the wealthy establishment.

Additional illuminating references:
Why Farmers Voted For Trump: Free Government Money
Farmer Politics: Jane Austen Tried to Warn Us
This Farmer Played Himself. The NYT Wants You To Feel Bad For Him 

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Conservative parenting doctrine part 2. How the deeply rooted and problematic gender norms of women needed to stay at home is making life miserable for all of us. Why can't we have a working childcare policy in the United States? 

EDIT: The Biden Administration clarified on 2021-06-04 that the administration aimed to end pandemic relief and protection as soon as possible, that these programs were always meant to be temporary.  

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Conservative parenting doctrine part 1. Some parents see children's right to privacy as a threat to them, somehow. 

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"We're bringing back an industry that was abandoned. With us today are some of the amazing workers who will benefit from these policies." Trump, a liar. 

"For too long, coal has been a dirty word that most are afraid to speak about, but we are still strong. We are still here. And we're still needed in order to make America great again. " Jeff Crowe, a coal mine manager from West Virginia, definitely not wrong about this. /s

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nad.70001

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Traditional gender roles for men, passport bros, and the male urge to blame the effects of capitalism on their wellbeing on women. 

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A man is not a plan. 

Traditional gender roles for women, the trad wives trend, and the vaginal speculum. 

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Off the grid. 

The masculine version of cottagecore is a bit more extreme. Living off the grid is not great.

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If you have a lot of money, living on a farm isn't that bad. 

Cottagecore, and rich people cosplaying as homesteader. 

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"Well, push them to just before they die." - Elon Musk. 

Productivity theater, toxic work cultures, and death from overworking. 

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