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It's not just imaginary, though. There are very different visions of how the country should work that can't exist simultaneously. If the culture wars were jus
by mbg721 4y ago
It's not just imaginary, though. There are very different visions of how the country should work that can't exist simultaneously. If the culture wars were just a fabrication of the media, that would be easier to solve than what's happening now.
- ratww 4y agoI don't think you're wrong per se, but I don't think GP is arguing that american "culture wars" are a media fabrication, just that it's meaningless, except for some wackos. The problem is how the media (including social media) amplifies it.
- mbg721 4y agoI don't think it's true that they're meaningless, though; non-wacko people do have deeply-held values and get upset when public policy runs counter to them. The nihilistic viewpoint is more a symptom of getting used to politicians who pay lip-service to those values but break their promises.
- ratww 4y agoSure, agreed, but the point is that the “deeply-held values” you mention aren’t really the petty “culture wars” stuff.