I never said forgotten. I said that *a* large proportion of people who bought into the propaganda were blue-collar workers. Not all, but surely not insignificant. Are elderly voters the most devoted MAGA now? Could be. But they’re not the entirety.
Firstly, core MAGA are doing just fine, buying boats and running car dealerships etc, its that part of society, though they love to point to "American carnage". Secondly, that kind of economic change has always been a feature of American life. Americans *moved to* opportunity.
Not everyone wants to move away; some are happier remaining close to home, and factories/agriculture/mining gave them stability. It isn’t just rural; Ypsilanti, Flint and other MI communities (for example) have suffered due to car plant closures. Residents still have civic pride tho.
Life doesn't hand everything over on a silver platter. This is the kind of entitlement im talking about - that expectation that everything has to line up for oneself, or somebody failed one. That's not how our country was built. It's part of our cultural deterioration that has led us to here.
I’m sure simple categories are more comfortable for you, but we don’t have enough boat-buying car dealership owners in this country to constitute a core for anything. And I’m old enough to remember visiting rural and rural-ish communities that did well enough to survive. 1/2
We have not lived here long, but there are lots of MAGAs in our suburban neighborhood of 4-5 BR new to newish homes. I think a lot of our neighbors are retired military (as we are), or firefighters, LEO, sales people. Last home sold for 475K a few weeks ago. Not poor. 1/2
We drive out to rural areas 15 minutes from here and its the same - whether impoverished or big farms owners - all MAGA. We drive 10 mins into the city and its all blue. I don't hink income has anything to do with it, but I do think college vs non college might be a strong factor in the difference.
Education, culture, propaganda, insecurity, limited social environment.
PS sorry for typos
Very interesting !
Absolutely it's cultural/educational. Not economics so much.
Agree. I think you nailed it. It doesn't seem like there is much to bring us together. Also, I think Americans are bored/pampered and addicted to reality TV and can't handle non-drama and boring competence.
A spoiled rich nation, so self-absorbed to be unfazed by the deaths of over a million of us from covid.
Oh, the stories I could tell living in hot red community in the south during Covid 👀 Just mindblowing