100 years ago, rednecks were badass. If their boss didn't pay them enough or treat them right, they'd burn down the factory and destroy their means of distribution. If the police or government didn't like it, well, they're dead cops.
Now rednecks are all like "b-b-b-back the blue..." What the fuck happened to rednecks?
there's a residual undercurrent there but it's going to take real work. my partner's father is a good example and i use him as a test case. he's a total chud, pretty racist, supports GOP, trump etc by default because fox tells him too. he's also pretty intelligent, and beneath his stubborn asshole is someone admittedly pro-union, pro-leftist economics who has only known absolute poverty his whole life. he's just been broken and propegandized into oblivion and is too boomer too change easily at this stage. any work needs to be done by fellow rednecks of legit lefist persuasion and economic issues are the pathway in, not social or cultural.