The Social Contract Lies in Ruins: Trump, Chuck Edwards, and Lauren Boebert’s Abandonment of Our Communities

By David B. Wheeler, Co-Founder American Muckrakers and Co-Host MUCK YOU! podcast

David B. Wheeler, your muckraker-in-chief with American Muckrakers and the MUCK YOU! podcast, digging deep into the stench to unearth the unvarnished truth.

After Hurricane Helene slammed into Mitchell and Yancey counties, the social contract our gritty, time-honored pledge to stand together took a devastating hit. This idea isn’t new; it stretches back to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who saw it as a mutual agreement to protect each other’s rights, and John Locke, who argued governments exist to safeguard life, liberty, and property.

Look at history: after the 1937 Ohio River flood, the New Deal poured millions into relief, rebuilding communities with a sense of shared duty. But when did this contract die, and why?

The real outrage today lies with Trump, Chuck Edwards, and that sorry ass Lauren Boebert gutting FEMA, leaving our flood-ravaged cars as stark symbols of their desertion, while other states reel from the fallout. What’s the point of abandoning folks do they not care, or have they…