Cultural war concept
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In March 2023, Oxford University Press mentioned culture war as the word of the month. This report defined the Cultural War as an intense conflict between groups that have different cultural ideals and beliefs, especially between conservative and liberal groups. The report stated that the term was conceived by James Davison Hunter, and it is called a war because each party is focused on attacking the other. Cultural wars are more than just two political parties that compete to convince an electorate about a certain agenda. As the report emphasizes, culture wars are about to impose their will by personally insulting others who have opposing views, seek ways to cancel the social and professional lifestyle of others and prevent others from participating in public debates.
A report from 2024 by ABC News described How many colleges and universities have become the center of the current cultural wars in America. This report is supported by last week’s report by the American Council on Education, which sketches how Higher Education Associations ask the federal government with regard to the national Thawings of Studentvisa.
There are historical trends that have shown many emerging adults during earlier cultural wars in the United States. These trends cannot indicate which side of the cultural war with which the younger generation will have. The first trend is that many young and emerging adults seem to be disillusioned with politics and politicians.
Many emerging adults become disillusioned during cultural wars
According to a survey from 2024 conducted by the Springtide Research Institute, More than half of young people between the ages of 13 and 25 did not identify with one of the two major political parties. The survey suggested that many young adults felt themselves by politicians and found politics as performance and divided. A report from 2024 of the America Enterprise Institute has introduced this finding by reporting it 68% of younger Americans believe that adults have done bad work to handle political problems in the US.
There are indications that these findings reflect historical trends that are displayed during earlier cultural wars. An updated report of 2025 on History.com mentioned President Reagan’s election profit 1980 as one of the greatest presidential landslides in historyAnd described this election as a dominant victory for ‘American law’. As described by another updated report of 2025 History.com1981 was the year that the music television was launched. According to an article from 1998 in Sigma: Journal of Political and International Studies” MTV’s goal was to break the political disillusion in young adultsAnd it was initially considered harmful to the democratic order.
Many emerging adults focus on specific issues during cultural wars
It seems that many emerging adults focus more on specific issues than on the umbrella political process. For example, the AEI report stated that 46% of young adults stated that politics is not important at all or one of the least important things in their lives, and only 19% described politics as one of the most important things in their lives. However, a report from 2024 about Forbes Discovered that one in four students will exclude colleges on the basis of state policy or policy.
These findings reflect the behavior shown by young adults during the counterculture movement in the sixties. A report from 2025 by the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Discussed how the Cultural War was fed during this time by students who protested against issues, including the war in Vietnam and racial injustice. 2014, however, report over Census.gov discovered that in the sixties the The voting level of Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 was considerably lower than the figures entitled to vote from Americans over 25 years old.
Many emerging adults become future leaders because of cultural wars
A report from 2015 by the History news network The first solar panel, pesticide -free fruit and even personal computers attributed to the “hippies” of the 1970s After winning a cultural war. It is possible that culture wars can also produce a new generation of politicians. Last week, Thewrap, A digital media company reported that Pete Buttigieg, the former Minister of Transport, discussed a possible “generation pass” Within the Democratic Political Party.
Many emerging adults will of course become future leaders in the world. However, the disillusion of a cultural war and the focus on specific issues could increase the national spotlights on the younger generation. History suggests that the younger generation will benefit from these spotlights at some point.