If inequality came down, left extremism and SJWism would likely dissipate naturally. It feels 90% like misdirected economic anger.
Harder to see what might drive right extremism down since it appears to be rooted in identity loss rather than economics.
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Contrary to early rumors of Trump voters being poor blue collar types, it turns out they are mostly quite well off (unlike say the Bernie end of things)
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It'd seem to depend on the mechanism in which inequality is alleviated; conservatives can tolerate high amounts of inequality as long as they believe results are "justly" distributed (using whatever idiosyncratic metrics they like), but likely wouldn't tolerate redistribution.
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I don’t think conservatives are driven by economic inequality to begin with is my point
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I think they are, but it's mostly a fictionalized version nestled in the "equality of opportunity" corner that's decades outdated from bureaucratic and Iron Triangle realities. The "business conservatives" still think of free enterprise as an equalizing force in some thin sense.

