Trump vs. the Democrats: A Slobs-vs.-Snobs Theory of American Politics - POLITICO

To win again, Democrats must stop warning voters against the kind of people movies taught us to love. Dan Brooks is a contributor to the New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Harper’s, Pitchfork, and other publications. He lives in Montana. Illustration by Bill Kuchman/POLITICO (source images via Getty Images) The 1980 film Caddyshack — in which a teenage golf caddy gets sucked into a power struggle between the bluebloods who run the country club and rich but ill-mannered real estate developer Al Czervik, played by Rodney Dangerfield — is pretty much a metaphor for the last decade of American politics. Voters are the caddy. The rude developer who insults ladies and buys his way into the country club is Donald Trump, right down to the accent. And the judge, doctor and various other professionals scandalized by his antics are the leaders of the Democratic Party. Spoiler alert: The caddies side with Dangerfield’s character, even though they work for tips and he is the kind of guy who can

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