That's the central contradiction of our age, I think. It's a contradiction between the (subjective) interests of certain formations within the superstructure – angry white yokels of a conventionally Christian background – and the (objective) requirements of the base. Objectively, as far as the market is concerned, there's no reason why angry white yokels should be treated any differently from the Vietnamese lady in the nail salon. The tendency of the first world is re-proletarianization . The downturn in employment in manufacturing is partially due to automation, not just drops in output. Resources for use in renewed production, it follows that it will probably re-industrialize, as it (and all Western countries) are pursuing "isolationism." So right-wing "populism," such as it is, elects to threaten the economic base with the aim of shoring up their social / political position in their societies.
An analogy would be a contradiction between the goose and the golden eggs. The goose isn't laying as many golden eggs these days so the farmer opts to try and strangle the goose to death.