Jack Hunter suggests it's
The Right Kind Of Realignment. It sounds, at first blush, like something out of the New Deal.
How many wealthy people today have benefitted from the trillions in coronavirus relief at the expense of those in actual need? Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said of the first relief package in March 2020, “The tragedy of this bill is it’s a massive wealth transfer from the middle class to the moneyed class.”
Americans have become accustomed to watching the rich and powerful shielded by big government, while the little guy has to accept his financial hardship. Maybe there should be a major American political party that fights for them.
The rent-seekers are too much in charge of the Democrats for the
traditional nostrums to work. Now season that with a year of public health measures that looked anything like expertise in action.
Many of those Republican voters are still dealing with or recovering from job-crushing coronavirus lockdowns, and fear that their civil liberties are under assault by the government and Big Tech. Many voters are distrustful and angry at their state and federal governments working in tandem with large corporations to disrupt or suppress daily life.
It's a long essay. The organizing theme appears to be "Why not make the cronyism favored by political and corporate elites the enemy?" By all means, go there and read it.
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