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I would agree that they are, but for the exact same reason so many establishment/conservative Democrats are: to smokescreen for their corporatism and appalling stances on economic (in)justice, the latter of which is certainly a common denominator between all GOP takes on economics, whether corporatist or ostensibly libertarian; that the wealthy and powerful should essentially have their way and domineer, that American governance should be of the rich, by the rich and for the rich, and the state has at best a minimal role to play in remediating record inequalities.Seems like more than ever conservatives are hyper focused on cultural debates and far less focused on economic issues. While I consider many cultural and societal issues to be important, they are often used as a distraction from our economic problems. I think a big reason why conservatives are so focused on culture is because they dont know where they stand on economics. Are they free market or protectionist? Pro big corporation or anti big corporation? They dont know. It seems like the American conservative movement is stuck in limbo and so they direct their ire towards non issues like Mr Potato Head or publication of Dr. Seuss books no one has ever read.
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