politics

Well, that's the thing, it is pretty well documented as are the causes. We'll never completely stop people from taking stupid positions, but there is a ton of data that shows education and economics tie heavily into political ideology.

There are really about three categories of modern Republicans:

• The greedy. These are the politicians and business owners and others who know perfectly well that Trump is all of the bad things the left says he is, that know he's going to hurt a lot of people, but also know he'll cut their taxes and they're mostly insulated from the worst of it.
• the hateful. Racists and bigots, etc.
• The ignorant or stupid.

These groups are always going to exist to an extent or another. The thing is that while there are some people who will always, always fall into one of these buckets, I think they are actually vanishingly small, and the vast majority of folks are the product of things that are controllable through societal function. More simply, why is basically every American city not only blue, but also generally deep blue? Cities generally have better economic outcomes, higher rates of education, and more diversity in general because of the first two. Conversely, red states fall at the bottom of the country on basically any measure of economic outcome, education, etc.

So in short, put in some more guardrails, improve education, and fix wealth inequality. That sounds reductive, but any of those topics have extremely actionable things that we can see better outcomes from in our own country, and if we cast a little further, many other countries get much more right than we do, but that would turn this comment from a novella into a Sanderson-sized epic.

Also, I got bit farther afield from the original article, but tbh I think shame is going to play a part as well. Holding these views should be deeply unpopular, and you should expect to be ostracized if you hold them. I honestly think one of the worst things that we on the left do is engage on some of these things in good faith. If I have a dinner party and invite someone over that wants to have a debate about a wealth tax, fine, we can talk about it. If they tell me they think there shouldn't be an age of consent and pedophilia is a-ok and then shits on the table, we're not talking about it I'm kicking them out of my fucking house and calling the police. Some ideas don't deserve engagement. That's where women (and I'm guessing quite a lot of men) are with Republicans.

edit: it should be worth noting that I'm not saying these are things or qualities that the left doesn't have. Corporations, for example, are by nature greedy, and I'd argue the c-suite in particular probably also has a Venn diagram that is basically a circle. Target and Disney as entities aren't more inclusive or celebrating pride because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the profitable thing to do. But this leads to a more inclusive society with better outcomes for everyone anyway...