The
article basically says that Alan Wolfe and James Hunter agree that a culture
wars have existed in American politics. They disagree on whether or not one
exists today and whether it has any affect on the conduct of modern politics. Wolfe
insists that this culture war is purely individualistic with minimal influence
on today’s politics. Hunter believes public conflict is derived from the
beliefs of the elite and that culture controls politics.
While I
believe that there is a cultural rift in our society, the term culture war is
far too harsh to define the divide that exists. I cannot call this conflictive
division a war because a large number of Americans don’t care all too much
about some of the issues that “has the country firmly divided” according to the
media. The whole notion of there being a culture war today is thanks to
sensationalist journalism that blows issues out of proportion. There is
cultural divide within America, but it is pretty much artificially created by
the strong two party systems, which dominates our politics. People are forced
to conform to the beliefs of the party or vote for some third party guy who has
no chance. The individual beliefs of
people today are far too broad and intertwined to draw any real distinction
aside from Democrat or Republican.
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