Culture War Origins

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The culture wars are between 6 social protest
movements

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versus

Women’s Healthcare Privacy,
Racial Reconciliation,
& LGBTQ Issues
against
White, Evangelical Christian Nationalism.

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Gun Control
against
unfettered Gun Access.

versus

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Each election is trench warfare over these 6 movements, at the cost of:

Exploding National Debt

Failing Education Systems

Immigration

Opioid Crisis

Poverty

Pollution

Economic Competitiveness

and more

dedicated interest groups represent the 6 movements

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Logo for Everytown for Gun Safety
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The culture wars ignited in 1994 when these interest groups - or their predecessors - pledged loyalty to one party… and boycotted the other.

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versus

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The boycotts were a new, activist-driven strategy over the issue of “states’ rights”.

This reversed a two-hundred year tradition of two-party lobbying by protest movements, used by the likes of Susan B. Anthony, MLK, and Harvey Milk.

There has been no one in the middle brokering a peace on these issues... UNTIL NOW.

there are tried and true pathways to end the culture wars

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