Choosing-Your-Poison Isn't That Difficult

In last week's essay, I linked without comment to Jack Baruth's essay on that execrable Audi superbowl ad. Today, Trumwill points out that the Right also has its car commercials:

These two commercials actually serve pretty well as synecdoches for the political metaphysics of the two halves of our current political spectrum:

• Right: celebrate our common American identity for the purpose of kicking other countries' butts in economic competition.
  

• Left: celebrate our (your) common class identity for the purpose of kicking flyover country's butts in status competition.
  

Although it would be refreshing to find someone actually defend the Left's metaphysic instead of striking a pose of choose-your-poison neutrality.