I think you make an interesting point. However, I think there are some other considerations that should be factored in: - The good that left wing policies wou

I think you make an interesting point. However, I think there are some other considerations that should be factored in: - The good that left wing policies would have done if they had been implemented. - Situations where the economy is a zero sum game (e.g. desirable housing). - The possibility that the good that comes from the rich is not evenly distributed. (In this case I mean distribution different between different segments of the non-rich. I don't mean distribution between the rich and everyone else.) It seems to me that the logic that you present could act as a sort of social contract that basically say "in exchange for implementing right wing policies that make conservatives rich, you will benefit from their charity, taxes, and economic growth". In that case, I could see the increasing unrest and polarization in America being due to a growing segment of the population feeling that the contract has been broken.