When it comes to getting things done, images matter a tremendous amount.
For a very long time, Democrats have understood that the image any particular political department portrays has a huge cultural impact.
Andrew Breitbart once said that politics is downstream from culture, but the truth is that it’s actually more of a cycle. It’s more that politics is downstream of culture, which is downstream of politics, which is downstream of culture.
What I mean is that politics, the power of government, can shape culture to its own whims. So, an image of DEI or ESG from the government creates an unofficial sanction against people who disagree. Sometimes, actual formal strictures are created against people who disagree.
In other words, the government does an awful lot to shape culture in this country. The Left has understood this in a way that the Right traditionally has not.
But this is a…
