i've talked to left and right wingers in person about this and most seem to agree with this concept or contributed to it. at the vaguest level it's perceived as two groups, the neoliberals/neocons and the populists. the populists have a left (berniecrat, demsoc) and right (trumpian, nazbol-lite) wing. the neos are all the old guard repubs (mitch) and centrist/corporatecrats. at their most basic understanding of this they believe the populists are trying to help the people while the neos only care about the markets. obviously this struggle is being heavily catalyzed by the 2k checks.

  • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think the cultural/political identity is now far too encoded and uniform for any major realignment to happen.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      yeah it does seem any such alliance of convenience would be super temporary.

    • KimJongChill [undecided]
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      4 years ago

      All concrete things turn into sand when crisis happens. Don’t overestimate the permanence of the moment