You can literally have TWO right-wing parties entirely in agreement with right-wing policies on those things which have the most impact in the lives of pretty much everybody out there, which play-act politics with culture wars with one of them claiming to be “leftwing” because they’re supposedly pro-equality in moral terms (but never, ever, EVER socially or economically)
If you’re American (and nowadays, also from most countries in Europe), this description probably sounds very familiar …
That’s why they came up with the culture wars in the first place.
It’s cheaper than fixing a real problem, and much easier to sell.
You can literally have TWO right-wing parties entirely in agreement with right-wing policies on those things which have the most impact in the lives of pretty much everybody out there, which play-act politics with culture wars with one of them claiming to be “leftwing” because they’re supposedly pro-equality in moral terms (but never, ever, EVER socially or economically)
If you’re American (and nowadays, also from most countries in Europe), this description probably sounds very familiar …