Editing Hadestown (section)

== Influences ==

=== Anaïs Mitchell background ===
Anaïs Mitchell grew up in urban [[Vermont]], where she was exposed to the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA) from a young age.<ref>[https://www.vogue.com/article/hadestown-radical-politics-labor-review The Liberating, Radical Politics of ''Hadestown'']</ref> While her voting record is unknown, it is likely she was a [[Bernie Sanders]] voter given the context of her upbringing. It can be assumed that, based on ''Hadestown''<nowiki/>'s depiction of industrial [[capitalism]], that she later radicalized from there, becoming fervently [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]].

=== Great Recession ===
The earliest parts of ''Hadestown'' were written in 2006, however the Great Recession swept across the US early into the scriptwriting process. The song "Why We Build The Wall," sung by [[Hades]] and his industrial workers, was presumably written to describe the [[2000s United States housing market correction|2000s US housing market correction]].