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How much does domination of the media help vs hurt. In the one hand, it does feel like the culture moved left under liberals over the past 10 years, and part o

How much does domination of the media help vs hurt. In the one hand, it does feel like the culture moved left under liberals over the past 10 years, and part of that seems top down, the expansion of cultural studies in universities to everyone talking about privilege in 2024. But or course, in the end it may have created more backlash then support for the movement. It moved some people more extreme but did it broaden the tent? But right now the right has a pipeline of young men entering their political stream. Does that continue if all mainstream culture appears right wing?

thatguy0900 1y ago
The right can also push religion as a cultural anchor, where the left really doesn't. Religion seems to be very culturally stabilizing if the right can get a Christian resurgence going in the us
- Argonaut998 1y ago
  The religion of course being Baptist Evangelical Dispensationalist Christianity
  - thatguy0900 1y ago
    Beggers can't be choosers, he has to find one that is both Christian enough to appeal to red Blooded Americans yet will also ignore all the extremely unchristian things he himself does and says
- techblueberry 1y ago
  Maybe? But Americans by and large don’t like being told what to do. I think part of the movement against like rural broadband and to control social media is to try and control the narrative for the people outside of citied that they think can, sort of exactly what you’re talking about. But again, Americans are pretty rebellious by nature. Look at the increase in anti-vax sentiment, we like to disagree with institutions, I don’t know that controlling institutions, even religion makes them appealing to disillusioned young men, like arguably the biggest strategic misstep liberals made was thinking they could control the narrative. The interesting (scary?) one is what Pete Hegseth is doing with the military. Giving people a shared enemy? That could work.
- beardyw 1y ago
  Yeh, but don't mention Jesus. He was off message for current thinking.
nebula8804 1y ago
>How much does domination of the media help vs hurt. In the one hand, it does feel like the culture moved left under liberals over the past 10 years, and part of that seems top down, the expansion of cultural studies in universities to everyone talking about privilege in 2024. An alternate argument could be made that when we started to see a rise in pushback against corporations in the early 2010s (eg. Occupy Wallstreet) all of a sudden the narrative shifted towards 'socially progressive' ideology. Was that a manufactured narrative? Now we are seeing a strong pushback against that ideology but in my opinion we are just repeating history, the young people supporting the right didn't experience the great recession and once they learn the pain of what the right brings to the country every time they take office, there will be yet another generation that will have been burned. The left just needs to survive these next 3.2 years. If they can make it, then there is tremendous opportunity for reform.
- techblueberry 1y ago
  Far be it from me to tell people what to believe, but having lived through the early 2000’s, and seeing the type of people at the top of the Republican Party, it was bananas that anyone thought these leaders would be the “moderate party”.

thatguy0900 1y ago

The right can also push religion as a cultural anchor, where the left really doesn't. Religion seems to be very culturally stabilizing if the right can get a Christian resurgence going in the us

Argonaut998 1y ago
The religion of course being Baptist Evangelical Dispensationalist Christianity
- thatguy0900 1y ago
  Beggers can't be choosers, he has to find one that is both Christian enough to appeal to red Blooded Americans yet will also ignore all the extremely unchristian things he himself does and says
techblueberry 1y ago
Maybe? But Americans by and large don’t like being told what to do. I think part of the movement against like rural broadband and to control social media is to try and control the narrative for the people outside of citied that they think can, sort of exactly what you’re talking about. But again, Americans are pretty rebellious by nature. Look at the increase in anti-vax sentiment, we like to disagree with institutions, I don’t know that controlling institutions, even religion makes them appealing to disillusioned young men, like arguably the biggest strategic misstep liberals made was thinking they could control the narrative. The interesting (scary?) one is what Pete Hegseth is doing with the military. Giving people a shared enemy? That could work.
beardyw 1y ago
Yeh, but don't mention Jesus. He was off message for current thinking.

nebula8804 1y ago

>How much does domination of the media help vs hurt. In the one hand, it does feel like the culture moved left under liberals over the past 10 years, and part of that seems top down, the expansion of cultural studies in universities to everyone talking about privilege in 2024. An alternate argument could be made that when we started to see a rise in pushback against corporations in the early 2010s (eg. Occupy Wallstreet) all of a sudden the narrative shifted towards 'socially progressive' ideology. Was that a manufactured narrative? Now we are seeing a strong pushback against that ideology but in my opinion we are just repeating history, the young people supporting the right didn't experience the great recession and once they learn the pain of what the right brings to the country every time they take office, there will be yet another generation that will have been burned. The left just needs to survive these next 3.2 years. If they can make it, then there is tremendous opportunity for reform.

techblueberry 1y ago
Far be it from me to tell people what to believe, but having lived through the early 2000’s, and seeing the type of people at the top of the Republican Party, it was bananas that anyone thought these leaders would be the “moderate party”.