unknown is unknown

“True evil is…above all things seductive. When the Devil knocks at your door he doesn’t have cloven hoofs, he is beautiful, and offers you your heart’s desire in whispered airs. Like a siren, beckoning you to ruinous shore.”

i don't know if folks outside these mountains understand what a state these communities are left in after being ravaged by the coal and steel industries. they endured well over 100 years of paternalistic brutality to provide the resources that built america with nothing in return and that very much informs the culture and collective psyche. force fed opiates to undermine labor movements and hard-won unions after decades of horrific abuse at isolated company towns. living there you can feel how we're all just one giant open wound that can't heal.