Yes. And the two are related. Newton's Third Law of Politics -- actions have an opposite and equal reactionhttps://twitter.com/mattklewis/status/912342094924193792 …
This would seem to undermine the "politics is downstream from culture" argument (since this trend has gone on for a long time).
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I'd settle for political neutrality in non-political institutions. But that's a hopeless pipe dream.
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I'd argue the right owns civic culture (civic orgs, vfds, churches, little league) , the left owns popular culture.
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The right is hurt by the Bowling Alone waning of civic institutions, the left by the ongoing fracturing of pop culture
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Depends on whether you view culture as a top down or a bottom up phenomenon.
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Maybr our current culture is why we have political dominance by GOP
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