Excellent Long-Form Gossip Kids On The Exploitation And Betrayal Of Americans By Shitbags

"American workers who ever believed that any rich asshole gave a fuck about them deserve their fate."  That's not exactly the point of this article, but it fits.  Those towns were run by slavemasters until all the value was extracted, and then they were sold off leaving nothing for the vast majority of the people who had created the wealth.  That's America, and the sooner that vast majority acts on this reality--100+ years too late, but still--the better for everyone.  Woulda been nice a long fucking time ago, but we work with what we have.