Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

But it's basically a category error — conservatives are quite successful at opportunistically mobilizing cultural topics in order to win elections in order to spend down political capital on unpopular tax policy because that's what they are trying to do. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 30, 2022 Hibernated

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This is an interesting thread. My interpretation is the reason conservatives lose in culture wars is that the purpose of the conservative movement is to help rich people stay rich — the culture wars are purely instrumental. Hence the treatment of Hunger Games. — PolitiTweet.org

One reason conservatives lose in culture wars is that when conservative cultural products get made, we crap on them… https://t.co/dwxhfNThaX

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So far, Ron DeSantis has proceeded with relative caution on banning abortion but he's stood foresquare against Medicaid expansion — *and he's considered an example of a right-wing culture warrior* — it's just a movement that doesn't care at all about these topics. — PolitiTweet.org

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