19. Consolation of Consensus furthered by assimilation but also shared national experiences: Depression, WWII, Cold War.
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20. Mid-century Consensus America bolstered also by national broadcast media (radio, TV) and Hollywood under the thumb of the Code.
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21. Magazines like Time and Life were perhaps the chief ideological organs for Consensus America.
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22. In consensus America everyone watched Ozzie & Harriet, read Time, was a liberal Republican or a Conservative Democrat.
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23. In 1960s Consensus America fell apart, torn by rising demands from women, gays, and Blacks not just for power but for representation
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24. 1960s break-up of Consensus America paralleled by rise of alternative press and post-Code Hollywood
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25. Reagan/Bush/Bush cultural politics was a failed attempt to restore a national consensus that 1960s had torn asunder.
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26. Reaganite cultural warriors were often Cold War Liberals nostalgic for 1950s consensus: Reagan himself, Allan Bloom, Bennett.
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27. What's most helpful about
@AlyssaRosenberg's essay is she links current resurgence of Pluralist America with new tech & new media.1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
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28. What's interesting for me is where this leaves the cultural right. I think they know they no longer can impose Consensus as once did.
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29. Looks like the Cultural Right is embracing the fate of being one niche market in a field of many competitors.
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30. I will now pass the baton to
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@Richard_Florida's tweets can be found starting here:https://twitter.com/Richard_Florida/status/520260343520821249 …Jeet Heer added,
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