What I really mean is ”does it work on people who'd vote for Republicans”, since that's who this stuff is clearly aimed at, and I'm guessing it doesn't and never has.
I think you misunderstand the point of these performances. When I was a liberal the appeal of these performances was that it gave me the reassurance that the republicans' attacks about the dems being unpatriotic were false. Well, not exactly a reassurance, because I'd always known that, but more so a reminder. It's propaganda for energising the liberal base. And it serves to tell the donor class that the Democrats are firmly committed to the bourgeois vision.
Why wouldn't it work? Your average liberal is hyper nationalistic.
What I really mean is ”does it work on people who'd vote for Republicans”, since that's who this stuff is clearly aimed at, and I'm guessing it doesn't and never has.
I think you misunderstand the point of these performances. When I was a liberal the appeal of these performances was that it gave me the reassurance that the republicans' attacks about the dems being unpatriotic were false. Well, not exactly a reassurance, because I'd always known that, but more so a reminder. It's propaganda for energising the liberal base. And it serves to tell the donor class that the Democrats are firmly committed to the bourgeois vision.
I get what you mean, because it's that thing that I've been unable to encapsulate into a single word or anything, but:
"Biden/Kamala is so right wing, there's no way the Republicans can accuse them of being a communist!"
Republicans call them a communist anyway
"Ah! Well, nevertheless..."
I also do think that capturing Republican voters is that one white whale they've been chasing for a long time, though.