@glyph All of that makes sense, yeah. With respect to (7), though, there's some definite weirdness that seems to come through from the right-wing habit of adopting the trappings of farming without any meaningful solidarity. E.g.: pickups moving from being essential farm tools to $100k luxury vehicles, or bespoke Carhartt fashion products, etc. Very rich people pretending to be strongly affected by gas prices may, and this is more wild speculation, play into that as well.