It's only going to get worse. So much of the land distribution was concentrated in big agribusiness and other resource extractors. Material conditions are only going to further degrade for both. The drought will mean their water will be cut by the state, the Rockies trapping air will eventually mean a crackdown on oil and coal, fracking is already barred from most of the growing developments. All of the underfunded mountain and plains towns were driven to right-wing Christianity as the only local support network. We're the migration point for the future wave of Texan refugees fleeing climate change so that will only grow and concentrate more wealth in the churches. Same with Utah and the Great Salt Lake becoming a toxic dust storm.