This is not new - every couple of generations, there's about 1/3 of the population that just can't move on when it comes to change. There was slavery in the 1860's, basic worker's rights and economic justice in the 1920's/1930's, and stuff like civil rights, feminism, etc. in the 1960's/70s.
What happens is either the middle third basical…
This is not new - every couple of generations, there's about 1/3 of the population that just can't move on when it comes to change. There was slavery in the 1860's, basic worker's rights and economic justice in the 1920's/1930's, and stuff like civil rights, feminism, etc. in the 1960's/70s.
What happens is either the middle third basically says, 'stop your BS' and closes that 1/3 off from power until they largely die off. But, that was easier when that 1/3 was split because Southern Dixiecrats in the Democratic party and various old-guard right-wing types like your Henry Ford's in the GOP.
Now though, they're united, but the good news is the culture is still changing on them.
But ,a little dirty secret is outside of gay marriage (and maybe recently on abortion, though that might just be better polling reflecting what people actually want), most people don't actually change their views on cultural issues. They just die off - if you look at the history of interraical marriage approval, it took a massive jump in the late 80s/early 90s - because that's when a lot of people who were already middle-aged by time the Civil Rights Movement started and their views weren't going to shift.
This is not new - every couple of generations, there's about 1/3 of the population that just can't move on when it comes to change. There was slavery in the 1860's, basic worker's rights and economic justice in the 1920's/1930's, and stuff like civil rights, feminism, etc. in the 1960's/70s.
What happens is either the middle third basically says, 'stop your BS' and closes that 1/3 off from power until they largely die off. But, that was easier when that 1/3 was split because Southern Dixiecrats in the Democratic party and various old-guard right-wing types like your Henry Ford's in the GOP.
Now though, they're united, but the good news is the culture is still changing on them.
But ,a little dirty secret is outside of gay marriage (and maybe recently on abortion, though that might just be better polling reflecting what people actually want), most people don't actually change their views on cultural issues. They just die off - if you look at the history of interraical marriage approval, it took a massive jump in the late 80s/early 90s - because that's when a lot of people who were already middle-aged by time the Civil Rights Movement started and their views weren't going to shift.
Are you familiar with "The Fourth Turning Is Here" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxBjl7VYOM)? It makes that very argument.