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The perils of fighting the culture wars
The right has always preferred ‘culture’ to ‘economics because it is easier to hang onto economic power by hiding it behind a mess of ‘tradition.’ SOLOMON HUGHES explores the issues
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ARE people on the liberal left overestimating the damage from a “culture war” because of the Brexit victory?  

The damage culture wars can do to politics are real, but — with some important exceptions — the right has lost most of its cultural battles.

Culture wars are fought when politicians don’t work on competing policies based on different interests in society. 

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