Education is the key component that sustains ignorance, that is the root of inequality, racism, and the barrier to solve most societal problems. Maybe this is why education guidance and guardrails are so locally and state controlled in the Red states?

This is not just a red state problem. Idaho, West Virginia, Wyoming, North and South Dakota. These rural and mountain states, where agriculture and mining/mineral extraction/gas are the main industry. These are states that should be blue. We know why. so the Republican Party can maintain majority of government enough to obstruct progress forever. But break the unions, lower education standards to keep the pool of workers as workers, don't educate or train them to become owners and creators in the economies where they live. Keep the poverty and inequality levels high and education levels low. Blame "them liberals or black or brown people for their lack of social mobility.

As the article in the Huff Post illustrates, step up to combat these issues, and oh boy, here comes the Tucker's of the world to put you in our place but not with force of argument. If that doesn't work, unleash the threat of political violence the likes of Amon Bundy's, the Oathkeepers, 3%'ers, the bugalo me too's (these are the Hawaiian shirt wearing AR toting white boys that show up wearing body armor anytime there is a peaceful protest at the state capital) and of course, how could i forget the Proud little Boys. All these should be designated as Domestic Terrorists, as Canada has bravely done. They should not be allowed to fly commercial so that can achieve a sheer numbers advantage over unprepared law enforcement, and to pool their weapons and warfare resources at will like the did Jan 6th. Their financial backers should be sanctioned and rooted out. The freedom of movement doesn't allow for the planning of political intimidation through direct violence and premediated murder of innocent people.

What happens in little Red states provides the seats that enable the obstructionist's minority rule over all states. The minority rule does nothing, because they know how they themselves benefit from these group's activities.