Because when people think critically and independently, they get called "deplorables", "bigoted" or "conspiracy nuts" by the liberal elite who don't like what they have to say.

I’m with you on the wildly wealthy and also elite people like Ted Cruz or that Shapiro fella. Or Josh Hawley. Cant be more of a coastal elite than that! Even I’ve visited the mid west because I wanted to, for non political reasons, more than he has and he’s from Missouri. Which he fled from to go from one coastal elite institutions after another. Or that Tucker fella who a few weeks ago sarcastically brought up Biden paying off his Yale student debt. Even though Biden at most would do $10K debt relief. And Tucker is an heir while going to Yale as a wealthy person is as elite as you can get — no relation to the common person.

Same issues with out of touch elites like Biden and Mrs Harris throwing every other struggling person in prison if it benefits them while pretending it is being tough on crime and prevailing justice. Or Pelosi, or the Clinton’s, and oh so many more. Pelosi with her “let me trade investments with possible insider knowledge as possible” heh.

Conservative echo chambers are just as strong as liberal ones. You best be towing the party line with your thoughts when participating in any political affiliation.