And I am supposed to feel sorry for these guys?

[maryellen99]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-coal-retraining-insight/awaiting-trumps-coal-comeback-miners-reject-retraining-idUSKBN1D14G0

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. You don't have to if you don't want to, but it's an interessting anthropological and social

conundrum. Figuring out the algorithm to get someone to move, retrain or see themselves in a different role is a complicated one, and it's going to take a variety of efforts, including a complete re-understanding of the role of work in our society.

[lame54]

7. It takes a leader who isn't trying to take us backwards

[brush]

9. Plus a president to be truthful to them. trump has done just the opposite and they believe him...

thus setting them back for another generation of waiting.

Sad.

[atreides1]

2. I know I don't feel sorry for them!

When you take training for a job that's low pay and in some cases short term, you don't deserve sympathy, for being intentionally stupid and placing your faith in a man who has spent most of his time in office lying through his teeth!!!

[byronius]

3. Buggy whip makers and slave auctioneers are also hoping Trump brings back their industries.

MAGA! Just like it was in the 1830's.

[Coventina]

4. There's a thread about these morons in LBN as well.

[spanone]

5. these poor bastards actually believed the bullshit trump spewed.

wake up boys, coal is as dead as the 8-track and black and white teevees

[Initech]

6. They're called "fossil fuels" for a reason - these companies are run by fossils!

[blueinredohio]

8. Those jobs are not coming back no matter how many regulations he takes away due to

clean energy and automation. When I first started at my job we had over 5000 people working mostly because of automation there's now less than 1000

[hlthe2b]

10. Depends.. some feel sympathy only for the unintentionally ignorant versus the wanton ignorant

Arguably, these miners are of the second category... Still, Trump and his RW minions, including his fundy charlatons have suckered a lot of people through targeted campaigns. I have to have some sympathy when they were so directly targeted.