They were joke caricatures that I came up with that represent the general trend that the American Right is moving towards - a lot more internet culture, a lot of influence from the European Right and a more isolationist outlook. Think Barry Goldwater mixed with Generation Identitaire as opposed to the evangelical Neocons or the Rockefeller Republicans.
I guess I'm struggling to see what a right-wing in the US will look like without the hokey Reagnites. Whatever that's called has been the dominant branding of Republican values for over 40 years now. The whole constitution loving, go back to the 1950s, small business, anti-socialist, suburban whites who like low property taxes and go to a protestant megachurch on Sunday followed by a trip to Golden Corral. That's who their social base is.
I know in my heart it's all run by the lizard monster businessmen ruling class who do not give a single shit about what moral vision they supposedly promote, which is why I know they can change their tune instantly. I can only see the Republicans changing their demographics as far out as 2050, when the last of the boomers finally are gone.
I see a gradual shift, which is usually how these things occur. The hokey Reaganites won't be banished or anything, they'll just have less and less influence as time goes on and they literally fall away. These people are a shrinking share of the population.
Younger Millennials and Zoomers aren't living that life, in large part because they haven't had the same economic opportunities. Unless you think the USA is going to be on the rebound, the Megachurch class will wither away pretty soon. If Republicans are smart, they're building a contingency plan with the young fringe types.
They were joke caricatures that I came up with that represent the general trend that the American Right is moving towards - a lot more internet culture, a lot of influence from the European Right and a more isolationist outlook. Think Barry Goldwater mixed with Generation Identitaire as opposed to the evangelical Neocons or the Rockefeller Republicans.
I guess I'm struggling to see what a right-wing in the US will look like without the hokey Reagnites. Whatever that's called has been the dominant branding of Republican values for over 40 years now. The whole constitution loving, go back to the 1950s, small business, anti-socialist, suburban whites who like low property taxes and go to a protestant megachurch on Sunday followed by a trip to Golden Corral. That's who their social base is.
I know in my heart it's all run by the lizard monster businessmen ruling class who do not give a single shit about what moral vision they supposedly promote, which is why I know they can change their tune instantly. I can only see the Republicans changing their demographics as far out as 2050, when the last of the boomers finally are gone.
I see a gradual shift, which is usually how these things occur. The hokey Reaganites won't be banished or anything, they'll just have less and less influence as time goes on and they literally fall away. These people are a shrinking share of the population.
Younger Millennials and Zoomers aren't living that life, in large part because they haven't had the same economic opportunities. Unless you think the USA is going to be on the rebound, the Megachurch class will wither away pretty soon. If Republicans are smart, they're building a contingency plan with the young fringe types.