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It works because the average Fox News viewer:
While I agree with this depiction of the older demographics, it leaves out the "values" that Fox News viewers are propagandized into accepting.
They believe we live in a meritocracy, government should leave them alone, America is a great nation, and everyone has to earn their way in life. These "values" allow older Republicans to take pride in their lives and the younger Republicans blame themselves (or immigrants/minorities/etc) for their lack of success.
That gives me a glimmer of hope, that the boomers dying off (and some of us Xers) will allow the Overton window to shift again away from tribalism and towards mutualist values.
It is curious though, since the silent generation and greatest generation both had a sense of legacy, e.g. planting trees knowing you will not live to feel their shade. I wonder if it's related to the rise of consumerism and the disposable product economy.