Is Politics Downstream From Culture?
Historically, any significant legislation or court opinion was almost always preceded by a social movement that moved the needle.
“Politics is downstream from culture.”
Author and researcher Don Eberly is credited for first writing that statement many years ago, but it’s a sentiment that has been around much longer.
Is it true? It’s complicated. Some believe, on the right and the left, that culture is downstream from politics.
Historically, …
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