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Culture wars: Debates over topics like gender equality and climate change, typically pitting values traditionally considered conservative against values traditionally considered progressive or liberal.
I could see this point of view - that people who have other things to worry about due to "not being elite" would look at the culture wars as being less important, relevant, or pertinent to their lives.
Academics like to analyze the culture wars - does this mean that they are arguing and bringing them into being, or more so just analyzing them in post? It could be both, I think. They may even bring them into being (or just crystallize them into something more than they originally were) by analyzing them.
A UK study found that "culture wars are fought by a tiny minority".
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Perspective plays a large role on what is/isn’t commonly considered.
I am a 20 something on an iPhone in my living room typing this after having a discussion on the public perspective on those transitioning in the public eye.
Whether or not I like to admit it, chances are that this prompt of thought is at a disadvantage for the mere fact that it is on an online site not connected to Facebook.
And what I mean is, most of the everyday people I know who use the internet, typically only use Facebook.
Many don’t use social media at all.
So asking for opinions on a topic like this is almost inherently biased.
(I know myself well enough to understand that I probably fall into the aforementioned educated if not necessarily the elites. )
And while I doubt every person here is an elite , I would most definitely say educated. ( no matter the type of education)
To those who live their lives based in daily tasks and providing and surviving?
Anyone sitting down to discuss Culture Wars has a luxury that those who would not consider themselves elites do not have.
Make the case or invite a friend to comment!