Culture Struggling With Shifting Political Sands

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The late Andrew Breitbart once noted that “politics is downstream from culture,” arguing that to change the political direction of the time, a cultural catalyst was required. But does this remain true today in a political ecosystem that often seems alien – or, at best, somewhat detached from the wishes and wills of the people it is supposed to serve?

An Upside-Down Paradigm

As Liberty Nation News Senior Political Analyst Tim Donner has pointed out, progressives have been in power for 12 of the last 16 years, raising the question: Is the push for “equity” a cultural imperative whose time has come or a top-down mission that has been sold to the American people by their political masters. Mr. Donner writes:

“The clever strategy of progressive ideologues was to place the words ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion,’ largely favored by everyday Americans, first and last in the DEI acronym, surrounding the word revealing the true intent of their philosophy, ‘equity.’”

Did culture demand that “equity” be the driving force in all things political? It seems unlikely, especially when one considers that huge swaths of the nation cannot even define what the pernicious concept entails. A case in point would be Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) March 2023 interview with Bill Maher.

Maher asked the senator (who has held elected office for more than 40 years), “How would you differentiate between equity and equality?” To mild laughter from the audience, Sanders responded, “Well, equality, we talk about – uh, I don’t know what the answer to that is.” When pushed to specify which side of the equality-vs-equity debate he favored, he chose the former. Notably, his website still contains a section headed: “Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” which states:

“This campaign is committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring, in programming, and in all other aspects of the work we do. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are deeply connected to our mission, our success, and to serving the American people.”

But does this suggest that Bernie is responding to a cultural uprising – and perhaps just not understanding it? If that were true, the term “equity” would necessarily be a component of American parlance. It is not. And it’s not the only phenomenon that appears to have its roots in politics rather than culture. […]

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