I think we need to re-embrace social realism AND political constitutionalism. Trying to bring back the era in which small towns and sunday schools dominated the "over-culture" (which, outside of said small towns, it never did) is futile.
Dont miss the Elite Left vs the Populist Left
Most of the factions on the right could agree on limited government, national security and common sense. There seems to be a lot of cognitive dissonance on the left.