Why does The Atlantic keep trying to push narratives like “If the Democratic Party was a more right-wing party, they would win the hearts and minds of Americans” when it’s pretty damn obvious Democrats are trouncing Republicans where they are now?

Where Donald Trump Meets Bernie Sanders (August 27, 2023)

The future of progressive politics in America just might revolve around whether someone like Chris Murphy, a U.S. senator from a prosperous New England state, can find common ground culturally and politically with a man like Oliver Anthony. Earlier this month, Anthony, a young country singer, dropped his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” into the nation’s political-cultural stew pot. A red-bearded high-school dropout, former factory hand, and virtual unknown, he strummed a guitar in the Virginia woods and sang with an urgent twang about the despair of working-class life:

Mr. Anthony specifically stated his song is to mock conservatives.