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I believe you mean "identity politics." 'cuz when I talk to the reddest of red people I know, I have a much easier time getting 'em to agree with socialism than supply side economics. Republicans have been populist since Barry Goldwater. They've been getting votes through dog whistles and wedge issues. That doesn't make it a red vs. blue problem, it makes it a vote-your-hatred problem. Pinning the world's problems on intellectuals has been the populist play since Julius Caesar or before and "yes, yes, the problem is the people who look down on my lifestyle choices" is hardly groundbreaking political analysis.But class stratification between red and blue is real imo.