Just a Thought Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 In many of his videos, Stefan has given the phrase "politics is down stream from culture" and has expounded on it sufficiently. However, in a recent video he expanded this idea. That "culture is down stream from economics". This immediately caught my interest and I wondered if there is more to it. I can speculate all I want, but I would rather hear more about it. Any one want to help a guy out?
Will Torbald Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 I don't know if it's downstream from economics. Culture affects politics affects economics affects culture - but that's a feedback loop. It always begins with culture.
Brainwright Posted August 28, 2016 Posted August 28, 2016 When you get right down to it, economics, culture, and politics aren't as separate as we like to think. The job I work right now wears me out so completely that I go straight to sleep when I get home. Do you think that doesn't affect what activities I do you might call culture? Consider that most of us work jobs where we are employed indefinitely at a set wage. That means we work the same hours the same days for years at a time. This means our free time is doled out in parcels as our major job is the single focus of our life. There are other jobs like sailor or truck driver that have stints of employment with periods of idleness. That period of idleness is much more conducive to what we would call culture, such as festivals and various community projects. As for politics, consider voter turnout and the fact that most people are probably working on a Tuesday. Coincidence? I'm increasingly less inclined to think so. The modern wage market is akin to a bloodsucking vampire.
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