Consider two statements: 1) The virtues of thrift, hard work, sobriety, piety, and levelheadedness tend to produce good results in individual lives, regardless of external conditions and challenges. 2) The structure of government policy and patterns of capital investment can help or hinder the flourishing of towns, regions, and even nations, shaping the lives and choices of the people therein.
Do those sound like contradictory statements? Only to people who have determined to hate J. D. Vance. Which of the two statements is the primary subject matter for elected officials and policy-makers? If you think it’s the first one, maybe you don’t understand what elected governments are for.
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