Trump's people have founded their Party:

[Bob Butler 54]

I haven’t been pitching in as much here lately.  From my perspective the Republican Party has considerable commitment to racism and the elite.  During the unraveling, they had a considerable advantage in seeking elite profit, tax cuts for the rich, sending jobs abroad where you don’t lose profits to high wages, benefits and environmental concerns, and attacking labor, benefits and wages in the US.  As small government and cutting domestic spending was seen as hurting minorities rather than the working poor, the racists were pleased.  As so many problems like infrastructure and the environment were more encountered and obvious in urban areas, the idea that small government didn’t have to solve problems less encountered in rural areas.  This came to hurt when Covid became one of the problems.

Now these aren’t Classic’s problems.  He is not an elite.  He is not a raving racist.  He just is tied by habit to the Republicans and extrapolates his own views onto an imaginary Acirema.  These views are not what I see as the primary Republican / Red threat.  The problem is elites using money to influence government and racism gathering more votes that LBJ gained by pandering towards the blacks.  The elite money and racist votes dominated the unravelling.  With the twin Covid and Floyd triggers, these factors could be reversed in the ongoing crisis.

But Classic has an idea that the Republicans are for the working man.  I don’t think so.  Oh, they tried to make it so for a while.  For a time when the ‘Tea Party’ was towards its peak, there was an attempt at the Republican’s main stream divorcing itself from the elite influence.  From my view, this died with Trump.  He brought the elite and racist elements back together.

But at any rate, arguing with Classic doesn’t seem to be much worth it.  Attention should stay focused on the real problems, the influence of money on government, and systematic racism.