Excellent analysis. Other than the US Civil War and residual neoconfederate "populist" resentment, the left-vs-right narrative is pretty exhausted and mostly meaningless in the real world. The left-vs-right narrative is manipulated by the media/tech oligarch elites and PMC (professional-managerial class) to maintain control over the working class via "controlled opposition" type politics. And of course the PMC is trying to destroy "productive" small family businesses, their employees' jobs, etc., as Joel Kotkin's data shows:
Aside from the vast oversimplification of the urban/rural/suburban divide, the "11 Nations" concept is crucial to understand the deeper divisions and political subcultures in the USA.
Excellent analysis. Other than the US Civil War and residual neoconfederate "populist" resentment, the left-vs-right narrative is pretty exhausted and mostly meaningless in the real world. The left-vs-right narrative is manipulated by the media/tech oligarch elites and PMC (professional-managerial class) to maintain control over the working class via "controlled opposition" type politics. And of course the PMC is trying to destroy "productive" small family businesses, their employees' jobs, etc., as Joel Kotkin's data shows:
https://joelkotkin.com/the-coming-of-neo-feudalism/
Keep up the good work.
That looks like a fascinating book. Although not in the same depth, obviously, I use the feudalism analogy in my book also (to which I forgot to put a link, but it's here): https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607/
Aside from the vast oversimplification of the urban/rural/suburban divide, the "11 Nations" concept is crucial to understand the deeper divisions and political subcultures in the USA.
https://medium.com/s/balkanized-america/the-11-nations-of-america-as-told-by-dna-f283d4c58483
(all DNA matters)