SINCE over a decade ago, the left and right began a manoeuvre, what I call a “political Strangers on a Train” — each party taking on many of the political positions of the party across the aisle.

During lockdown especially, I noted more and more conservatives in the United States taking up talking points that traditionally Democrats had while the Democrats shifted even further to the right.

In the infamous “Yogurtgate” of late 2020 Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commiserated on camera with the masses in the throes of the pandemic as she opened her $20,000 refrigerator-freezer, grabbing a $12-a pint ice-cream. In this incident we catch a glimpse of today’s Democrats, once the party of the white and black working class.