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I don't think the parent was calling them yokels who don't know any better. Rather hinting at the idea that every piece of government policy helps one group and hurts another.

Globalization clearly hurts manufacturing in america, but it helps some of our export industries.

It's not entirely zero-sum, but looking at the stock market these past few days (decrease in tech, increase in manufacturing banking and energy) implies that we've picked some new favorite industries.

Personally I don't think government should aim to handout success to those who vote for them, but democracy seems to encourage that. I think ideally the people who work hardest should reap the most success. Reality of course isn't fair, so the government is there to even the playing field.