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>>Politics, on the other hand, has no problem influencing culture whenever it feels like, and not for reasons of general prosperity but to further its own agenda. So leaving the culture on the side means giving the politics a free hand there.
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>Sooner or later politics mirrors the culture it represents.

uhh huh -- yeah it SHOULD ... but in some cases you end up with a nitwit like Jeff Sessions that insists on moving things backwards, not forwards.