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I recall reading research (which I can’t seem to find now) that showed how prior to WW2 the political and social discourse in America was about how to build a s

I recall reading research (which I can’t seem to find now) that showed how prior to WW2 the political and social discourse in America was about how to build a stronger country and democracy, and how after the war that shifted to how to build a stronger economy - which dominates our conversations and goals to this day. I wonder if this shift in the nature of our discussion is a factor. We’ve moved from social norms to market norms, which has brought with it less cooperation.

mesh 6y ago
There is some discussion related to this in Adam Curtis's Century of the Self: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self where there was a concerted PR effort after World War 2 to associate Democracy with Capitalism, (as a push back against some of the more social policies of Roosevelt.