The primary difference between city and country people is the degree of independence and self-reliance; these are two completely different worldviews that have little in common. The former are much more accustomed to having someone else do many things for them than the latter - including thinking for themselves. City folk want a nanny-state government to make decisions for them and to insulate them from consequences of their actions, while country folk have no choice (logistically) except to do these things for themselves.
These are unreconcilable difference, and the glaring difference between the Control-left and freedom/independence loving Americans of “flyover country”.
The “White Rural Rage” authors are incapable of understanding this. They do not get why rural people would oppose Biden’s mega-spending when (supposedly—I’m not convinced this claim is true) a larger proportion of the waste goes to “rural” areas. It’s because we aren’t for sale; we don’t want the spending and we don’t want whatever it was being spent/wasted on.