I think you're making the mistake of bringing factual information about modern lifestyles into the discussion. This is not about what is factually true about people. It's about the perceptions and stereotypes that most strike a chord and are therefore most useful. In this case, it's about buying into the mythology of the God-fearing beer and steak consumer. Whether any beer, steak or wine is actually consumed is irrelevant.GaryLouisSmith wrote:I see your point and I basically agree with you, but things are a little different now in 2019. Today the supermarkets have become huge and you can find food from all over the world. A zillion kinds of cheese and buffets that will dish you up a plate of something you have no idea what it is. There are vegetables and fruit that are strange and hundreds of different kind of break. Fish from God knows where and wine and beer from all over the world, including some locally made, which ain't too bad. Anyway, every class of people, including Trump supporters, are all over buying up this stuff and giving it a taste. Class distinctions in food is pretty much a thing of the past. And everybody goes to McDonalds and KFC. Food has become democratized.
In the other recent example, where supporters at Trump rallies now chant "Send Her Home!", about a US Congresswoman, echoing Trump's words, it doesn't matter that the home of the person in question is the USA. It's about the joy of getting together to label somebody as an enemy and scream for them to be exiled. Facts need not get in the way of that process.
I guess, if there is any one thing, it is the attractive mythology that there exists a thing called "the elite" which will be vanquished by the true representatives of "the people". Whether or not this "elite" really exists is irrelevant, just as in the novel 1984 it didn't matter whether Big Brother or Emmanuel Goldstein really existed, or whether Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib are US citizens. It only matters what is useful.I'm trying to think of just what it is that separates the elite from the Trump supporters. I haven't yet thought of what it is. It's not music or fashion or furniture or entertainment. What is it? Beats me. I'll keep on thinking. Maybe it's religion. No, I don't think that's it.