> This matters because politics is downstream from culture. I don't think this is true, at least not most of the time. We had a summer of "defund the police" p

> This matters because politics is downstream from culture. I don't think this is true, at least not most of the time. We had a summer of "defund the police" protests and BLM signs seem to be everywhere, yet police budgets in most cities have only increased[1]. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-city-budget-police-funding/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-city-budget-police-f...