It’s correct on the class analysis but not exactly groundbreaking; there’s been observations going back to 2016 that what the press and dem partisans identify as a working class MAGA demo are really vulgar petty bourgeoisie. It’s the members of the top 10% of income earners who don’t have college degrees.

That being said, I do think there’s a bit of a lesson in here for the left attempting electoralism within the two party system. There’s more to be gained from seizing local control and then putting pressure upwards on the state-level party than there is trying to get one more squad member elected so they can cast meaningless “no” votes.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But that was always republican base, the interesting part is how they become more focused ideologically and action-ably, instead of guns, god, no taxes, they are doing something electoral instead

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was always the base, but up until the second Dubya term it was a base that dutifully got in line and followed marching orders from the GOP establishment, whom they believed was the bulwark preventing socialism from taking hold. That establishment was one of big money and Ivy League (or similar elite universities) education. When the neocon experiment went off the rails the base turned on the establishment. At first that produced the Tea Party, which was fiery and got some electoral wins but was too much of an incoherent mess (see: get the government’s hands off my Medicare). Ironically, Trump and Bannon gave it a focus with paleoconservative revival and broad stroke cultural nationalism (as opposed to the evangelical, biblical literalism agenda that was dead on arrival in the courts) that could be channeled into a movement past the Trump cult of personality.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

You're really good at putting it into words waow-based

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