Hochschild in Strangers….points out a paradox- in Louisiana, people believe in the American dream of success through hard work and achieving more than the previous generation but reject efforts of government to improve their health, welfare, education and quality of life e.g. the environment, water, air, and endangered species.
They sit at the bottom of the table on all these indicators see Hochschild pp. appendix on Fact Checking and footnotes. The people of Louisiana are the primary recipients of federal dollars when compared to what the state contributes to federal income. They are the beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, FEMA, the National Guard and the military (for disaster relief), for roads, bridges, air quality and air traffic safety, yet vehemently reject the federal government and assert their stoical independence. In several chapters of the book Hochschild argues that “cowboy stoicism,” religion, and local loyalty ties people to their beliefs in spite of evidence to the contrary about their actual life-situation and the (environmental) risks to which they are exposed (literally). Since it is assumed that people respond to the legal system, take it into account and are deterred by it e.g. criminals are deterred by strong police presence and actions, how do you explain the views of people in Lake Charles. LA? They are not deterred; they continue in their ignorance; they overlook violent destruction of their own environment but see “criminals” as people to be locked up. Looking at pp. 135-151 what explains their adherence to their social world of the law and law in action?
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