Hey, Billy [1] You’re quite right; It is in the end, ideas that matter.
But here’s the thing; The ideas, I think are reflected in the cultural values of each of the areas Greg’s talking about. I think this most recent election was the biggest indication of a cultural war in progress, that we’ve ever had.
And a big part of the denial of the inteligensia is the labeling of the red areas as ‘too stupid to vote’.