If politics flows downstream from culture...

... then does culture flow downstream from economics?

I like longwinded and thoughtful answers BTW.

Hmm ...

Economics is part of politics. Economics fuels culture. Without it (a good economy) people are not allowed to do the things that matter to them most (cultural pursuits).

People will vote for whoever promises/delivers them a better life ie: job, economy, safety etc. Cultural pursuits are - generally speaking - MORE important to the majority of individuals.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@plinkplonk Thank you.

Do you think that if economic conditions change, the political and cultural conditions will also change... Thinking about history?

plinkplonk · F

@Burnley123

I think so.

President Roosevelt ordered 110,000 Japanese Americans to be imprisoned in internment camps. When people remember him they typically remember the New Deal. Why? The majority of Americans profited from this.

Typically speaking, people vote with their wallets.

hunkalove · 61-69, M

I don't know what "flows downstream" means, but politicians always react, not act. I suspect it's the same for economics. Markets aren't created, they are filled.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@hunkalove I deliberately left the question open to some interpretation. I'm trying to get an interesting debate.

I agree with you. I'd say yes to both questions because I see economic conditions as the key drivers of societal change.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

This is getting ignored, as expected. Why is that, I wonder?

Steve42 · 56-60, M

Culture of Greed.

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