Culture wars seem loosely age-segregated
People in 20s seem to fight about sex/gender, IQ stuff, cultural representation
People in 30s seem to fight about ideological superiority/weaknesses and economics theories
People in 40s about institutional control
50+: jobs, healthcare
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65+: out golfing with the guys or drinking daquiris with the gals, having realized that life is too short to bicker online
(this might not be reality, but it is my own aspiration)
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Also there’s a competence threshold for each arena of battles. Takes time and access to log the experience points to fight battles over institutions. Other battles are open to all comers.
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Give Integral Theory and/or Spiral Dynamics a read. Best model for understanding the culture wars you’ll ever find.
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the company asserts a similar concept aligned with your theory and have assembled both qualitative and survey data as supporting evidence
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Maybe those are the flags they run under but most of it is largely tribal identity. They’re not necessarily there to actively care about those things.
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It’s funny - my experience is completely different - I think of lgbtq rights as being a boomer thing...but I was raised in a gay boomer family. It’s all very local
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What is the electric scooter fight really about then?
mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/tec
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sometimes I wonder if these things aren't just glorified mood projection objects
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Not exhaustive but indicative
Those themes have battles across all 4 age cohorts







