They've tried constantly to transition them but they'd rather starve than learn a new skill. I feel for them but if they only want to go all in on voting for "fascist force the country to run on coal" I don't feel for them once the stopgaps run out.

Some of those communities ARE finding their way into the future though and I support supporting them.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

I’ve got absolutely zero sympathy for anyone in the coal industry who refuses free retraining. Go ahead. Go bankrupt. See if the rest of the world gives a shit.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

The people who want to move on from coal move out, thus a sampling bias exists where the diehards live off promises that can't be fulfilled