I say no. I think that is oversimplifying the problem, but I agree it is a big problem. The Republican party has successfully captured the working class demographic, but, how they did that is important. In Episode 4 of Vervaeke’s series (new post coming soon) he talks about Socrates, and how he integrated the ideas of what’s relevant and what’s true. If you can capture someone’s attention, with sports, beer, video games, whatever, then you can distract them from what’s true.
It’s a lot harder to make economics fun and interesting. A person would need to interrupt their more base desire for instant gratification and reflect on it. Bernie is actually pretty good at making a compelling story about corporations screwing us. I think he believes, as do I, that empowering the working class will give them that little extra bit of freedom, that time to feel safe, some time to listen rather than just react, and that will open ideas like taking some effort and putting it toward supporting a union, or maybe just helping a stranger.