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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the south. [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)most of the culture war is the result of the monetization of ideology. That monetization feeds off specific parts of both ideologies while leaving the whole more or less intact. So on the left, while nobody wants some lunatic running around with guns, parsing the fine distinctions of firearms technology and fashion is a waste of effort that profits nobody but talking heads, craven politicians and the information concerns that sell their content. The same can probably be said for every other culture war scrum out there. Is there any real difference between the arguments about how women are perceived and how Christmas is perceived, even though there is nothing wrong with religion per se and women obviously deserve to be treated better in our society?
The left already accepts one of the primary tenets of right wing ideology. Authoritarianism. You can't have a functioning society without it. Sooner or later everybody has to decide to let someone drive the ship, otherwise it's just a bunch of cats trying to herd each other.