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Why don't reactionaries and conservatives convert to progressivism? After all progressives control all the institutions and have most of the power, they're the ones winning... Come get your email job organizing diversity and inclusion at Megacorp 39! Give up all your values, friends and family for material luxury and the dubious contempt of those who will still see you as foreign for the rest of your life!
Class and ideology is positively trivial compared to race and language. I'm pretty sure Israelis and Arabs can tell eachother apart readily, even if we can't. Plus Judaism is one of the most ritualistic and complicated religions in the world, it is very unwelcoming to converts.
People don't like changing their national/cultural identity, especially not to become like those they despise and have been in bloody conflict with for many years. It does happen but only over the course of many decades, if not centuries.
Well, there is Karlin, although one might doubt his sincerity.
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