JD Vance repackaging a classic grievance play. Noticing a country is "dirtier" isn't the same as caring about it. The move is always the same: name something real (infrastructure decay, neglect in certain communities), slap "racist" on anyone who disagrees with your diagnosis, then cry victim when called out. This is the emotional core of the MAGA pitch. Not a solution. Just permission to be angry at the people telling you the anger is misplaced.