Must be quite a shock to see this vulgar return of overt white racism

[misanthrope]

65. Here's the rub

Those with broken trucks and leaking double-wides weren't the ones who owned slaves. They couldn't have afforded them.

Instead they were exploited by the same oligarchs who preserved the existing order and owned most of the land in the county. Slavery kept poor whites in metaphorical chains, as well.