NYT: If some fraction of socially conservative voters concludes that rapacious billionaires threaten them more than supercilious liberals, it would remake America’s political map. For decades now, we’ve lived in an era dominated by what scholars call postmaterial politics, in which values, identity and self-expression have often taken precedence over economic concerns. What if that era is coming to an end? What opportunities would that open up, and what ideological sacrifices would it require?
In May, speaking to my colleague Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Tucker Carlson said that culture war issues — the issues on which he’d built much of his demagogic career — were becoming less important than matters of concentrated wealth and financial precarity. “Most of the debates about race, ethnicity, religion, to some extent immigration, are less resonant long term than debates about economics,” he said.
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Conservatives triumphed when they were able to brand the Democratic Party as the stronghold of elites. Hinojosa thinks she can turn that association around, showing voters that Republicans represent heedless, exploitative oligarchs. “It’s 99 percent of us against, like, 15 billionaire dudes and the weak leadership that allows them to get away with whatever they want,” she said.
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