‘The central insight of conservatism is that you’re fighting this twilight struggle to impose a kind of speed limit on societal change that is sustainable.’
On today’s episode of The Editors, Rich poses the question, “Are we winning the culture war?”
“We have been,” says Charlie, “but I’m waiting for the second wave. . . . I sense Woke 2.0 coming, and I don’t think it’s an accident that we’ve started to see all of this, as it seems likely that the Democrats will win some power back.”
“The biggest cultural issue . . . is the family,” says MBD, “and while married couples are staying together more than they did before, there’s much, much fewer of them, and fewer people are getting married, fewer people are experiencing life as part of a family. Until that changes, I think we’re losing.”
“I think the culture war is eternal,” says Dan. “It will never have a winner or loser. . . . There has been some remarkable pushback these last few years, but it’s a conquest that . . . is going to be a losing one.
“The central insight of conservatism is that you’re fighting this twilight struggle to impose a kind of speed limit on societal change that is sustainable and protects the things worth protecting.”
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