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In reply to the discussion: "Trailer park trash" [View all]underthematrix
(5,811 posts)been bastardized. It actually refers to "white trash" which was used to define the uneducated English who were SENT to America because they were considered undesirable 1600 to 1700. This is the ancestral stock of many of today's European americans. They were thought of as lazy, unproductive, incapable of learning or being socialized. If you're African American like me, this sounds very familiar.
Right now, I'm reading Nancy Isenberg's book "White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America" which demonstrates how the one percent has been phucking with the other 99% for a very long time. It's a great read. Trump is the one percent's ultimate mindphuck.
I'm retired too and living on SS which I love. I live in a house but I've always wanted to live in a mobile home. It just seems like it's cozy and a lot of fun with minimal yard work. And you have neighbors closeby that you can talk to every day. I'm poor too but I like being poor. I find it liberating.
I agree with you though, we should not use that phrase because it really does play into the one percent's ability to mindphuck us.