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I think this ignores the other, non economic, dividing lines. Repugnicans have long seized on fears and culture issuesThat's why I noted this is
one reason. The report I linked to above has a very lengthy analysis of all of those other things. From the executive summary:
The far right’s success stems from its ability to mine working-class values in the service of a powerful anti-elitist narrative that weaponizes:
* the tension between elites’ pride in being global citizens vs. working-class loyalty to country and community into fights over immigration, climate change, and patriotism;
* the tension between elites’ focus on self-expression and personal fulfillment vs. working-class people’s focus on self-discipline and personal responsibility, which gets
channeled into fights over abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and redistribution;
* the tension between elites’ “sophistication” vs. working-class traditionalism into culture wars over trans rights, religion, and gender roles;
* the tension between elites’ sense that personal security is a given and working-class people’s sense that security is a priority into fights about border control, gun control, and police misconduct;
* the resentment working-class people feel against elites into fights over regulation, taxation, and other issues.Google: The Left's Coalition Crisis: Understanding the Massive Divide Between Working Class and College Educated Voters, and How to Bridge itThe "commie" charge is a way of highlighting the very real difference between the Left's approach to governance on a lot of economic issues and that of the Right - and there are a
lot of areas where the working class is more in support of the Right than the Left, especially on the role of elite governance through regulation and redistributive policies. There are plenty of other, non-economic dividing lines where elites on the Left differ from working-class values, but the "commie" political approach doesn't always touch on them.
