Biden is rolling back the culture war. The country should thank him.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

One of President Biden’s early achievements does not get enough attention: He is rolling back the politics of culture wars. This is good news for his electoral and governing projects, but also for our country.

This assertion will invite contradictory dissents. On the one side, culture wars were bound to abate during a pandemic and economic downturn. The other response is: Are you kidding? If culture wars are over, why is Dr. Seuss all over Fox News?

To take the second point first: Sure, cultural conflict will forever be part of American life. Our habits, mores and assumptions are always in flux, especially given the United States’ exceptional religious, racial and ethnic diversity — along with our long-running feuds between big cities and the countryside. We battle even when there’s a surface cultural consensus: Think of the early stirrings of feminism in the 1950s and the furor unleashed by the Beats.

But what matters is how politicized these conflicts become. Republicans and conservatives have used culture wars as a way of encouraging working-class voters to cast their ballots on the basis of social, religious and racial issues rather than on economic questions.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/biden-is-rolling-back-the-culture-war-the-country-should-thank-him/2021/03/05/600fea82-7dea-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. We will have much to thank President Biden for.

Man of the People.

I think I love him.