peasants fleeing to the land to escape urban repression has an even older tradition than that, and i think the back to the land movements of a few decades ago are reflection of that

the main thing is that nowadays land is expensive, so people who have a desire for a lot of space to themselves, and the ones that can live that way, are probably going to be more reactionary because of their material conditions. most that i meet though are the hippie type with decent politics