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As title. Ohio is a bleak, futureless shithole in a fascist empire that treats it like a frack-water dumping ground. Healthcare access is terrible, higher education has collapsed, industry has long fled. Christians and Fascists dominate basically every lever of power. Despite best efforts, I haven't been able to leave, won't be an option in the foreseeable future. Why should I bother getting up tomorrow?

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[–] dr_yeti@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you near Kent? Folks helping folks is what gets me up in the morning. But some days are easier than others.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm within an hour of Kent. I used to be a humanist too but watching people in the rustbelt's obsession with caging children (and everyone else) kinda cured me of that. I pretty much just don't want to have anything to do with this culture anymore, all there is here is a bunch of falling, corpo gutted cities and walmart towns (and prisons!). Don't get me wrong, I like the culture in the cities, but the cities are ultimately at the mercy of fascists and the failed, gutted industries. Ohio would be a better place if the mass exodus continues unabated and we gave the land back.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

That's pretty much all of the USA not just Ohio.