> It’s fundamentally identity politics, not some material conditions thing.

  > deep deep hatred for the coastal elites. They feel belittled and marginalized, not monetarily but culturally.

i would argue that is still 'material conditions' because marginalized also implies economic disparity, also a lot of the 'angry internet' is rural people with not much material futures

  > Republicans gained power in the last few years because of the economy

material conditions then

  > This isn’t going away by “solving” the wealth gap.

'material conditions' is much more than just wealth gap/money in my understanding; our media and economic incentives (rage baiting, grifting) for it are a large part of it for example