CULTURE WARS FILES

This is the new battleground for mass media and politics. Divide and rule. After the culture wars flared up during the 1980s and then subsided, the divisive, race-based narratives have been rebooted in the early 21st century - as both progressive liberal and confused conservatives fight over what American and European societies should look and act like. The root of the problem, of course, is a decline of cultural and moral values on both the right and left, with tensions being accelerated by an increasing economic wealth gap, and the weaponisation of political wedge issues. Explore our archive on this volatile topic...