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I don't think you're wrong per se, but I don't think GP is arguing that american "culture wars" are a media fabrication, just that it's meaningless, except for some wackos.

The problem is how the media (including social media) amplifies it.

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I don't think it's true that they're meaningless, though; non-wacko people do have deeply-held values and get upset when public policy runs counter to them. The nihilistic viewpoint is more a symptom of getting used to politicians who pay lip-service to those values but break their promises.

Sure, agreed, but the point is that the “deeply-held values” you mention aren’t really the petty “culture wars” stuff.

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