http://www.philly.com/philly/opinio...rys-bourgeois-culture-20170809.html?mobi=true
Interesting argument in the Philly Enquirer, they obviously do not argue for a full return as we have come a long way on race and the role of women in society but they do make a compelling argument for the enforcement of social norms.
There is a thread that takes a swipe at some people for voting Republican because they are part of a tribe. I would argue that is correct. They are part of a tribe that tends to follow the "bourgeois culture" of the 1950's. And following that culture tends to lead to success. The problem I have with the Democrats is that, IMO, the people who run the party tend to live by the "bourgeois culture" norms in their life and for their family while taking the attitude that it does not matter what people do in their own personal lives. Fair or not, I view the Democrats as the party of no personal responsibility (or little personal responsibility) in their messaging. I think that messaging has been deleterious to the prospects of those who truly adhere to it and I fins it to be a message that is spreading, causing devastation in its wake. It started with the most susceptible (because of economic and racial inequality issues) and is now spreading to the lower classes in general.
Charles Murray touched on it in his book "Coming Apart." There are certain indicators in life that will tell whether you are likely to be successful in life, and many of those indicators revolve around living a lifestyle that would be deemed "socially conservative" Or "bourgeois culture". I tend to vote how I do because I think even lip service to that culture, if not direct action, is preferable to the alternative.
Interesting argument in the Philly Enquirer, they obviously do not argue for a full return as we have come a long way on race and the role of women in society but they do make a compelling argument for the enforcement of social norms.
There is a thread that takes a swipe at some people for voting Republican because they are part of a tribe. I would argue that is correct. They are part of a tribe that tends to follow the "bourgeois culture" of the 1950's. And following that culture tends to lead to success. The problem I have with the Democrats is that, IMO, the people who run the party tend to live by the "bourgeois culture" norms in their life and for their family while taking the attitude that it does not matter what people do in their own personal lives. Fair or not, I view the Democrats as the party of no personal responsibility (or little personal responsibility) in their messaging. I think that messaging has been deleterious to the prospects of those who truly adhere to it and I fins it to be a message that is spreading, causing devastation in its wake. It started with the most susceptible (because of economic and racial inequality issues) and is now spreading to the lower classes in general.
Charles Murray touched on it in his book "Coming Apart." There are certain indicators in life that will tell whether you are likely to be successful in life, and many of those indicators revolve around living a lifestyle that would be deemed "socially conservative" Or "bourgeois culture". I tend to vote how I do because I think even lip service to that culture, if not direct action, is preferable to the alternative.