The Myths of Cultural Conservatism

The myths of cultural conservatism make it among the most destructive of modern ideologies.

In particular, cultural conservative mythology ignores the reality of the modern world completely. Thus, cultural conservatives are incapable of dealing with modern civilization or preserving the values they claim to cherish.

The dangerous myths of cultural conservatism include:

1. Economics does not matter.

In detail, cultural conservatives believe culture is all that matters. In their limited imaginations, money does not matter. Nor do such conservatives believe economic forces shape human behavior.

Thus cultural conservatives ignore our dysfunctional economy with its high levels of income inequality, poverty, and wage stagnation. This myth explains why cultural conservatives have such a difficult time communicating with the working class who should theoretically be their allies.

For example, a cultural conservative intellectual tells a man with no job, no money, no bank account, and no health insurance that his greatest problem is gay marriage. Then to add insult to injury the intellectual wonders why the unemployed man has a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker on his car.

2. Technology does not matter.

Essentially, cultural conservatives reject the last 600 years of human history by saying technology does not…