Remember in the Obama 2016 movie the assertion that Bronco’s desire was to get revenge and to make us feel the pain of the third world countries? Well, the cities of this country represent the modern “USA” cool people, sleek venues, penthouse apartments, etc. and the rural areas are sort of like the third world to those cities in that they plunder the resources, make fun of “backward ways” and want the bitter clingers to show up only when there is real work, dirt on the hands style to be done, people to be rescued, oil to be pumped, etc. Otherwise, rural areas are a joke to them. So, in some ways, “mission accomplished.”
But remember, the rural areas is what keeps the more urban areas going, food and energy-wise. Even the cool folks cannot deny it.