Agonized-Statism
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« on: July 18, 2021, 12:41:42 PM » |
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« edited: July 18, 2021, 01:18:07 PM by Antarctic-Statism »
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In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, it wasn't okay to dissent if that counts. The flag-waving, "nuke the Middle East" mentality dominated until Iraq became unpopular and was definitely gone by 2006. But that was more akin to McCarthyism, where people were kept in line through fear.
The 1980s, after welfare states failed and the counterculture hit a wall but before the Cold War ended and third-way politics materialized, is a good answer. Pop culture at the time was pretty macho compared to what came before and after, too. But even then, the coolest choice for the Gen X kids was apathy. I wouldn't say the right-wing populism of the mid-2010s was popular with a majority of people (Trump didn't win the popular vote after all), it was more like a lot of people got disillusioned with the more center-right establishment and sat home. Early 2010s libertarianism was big, but never quite got to "cool" levels. Left-wing politics have been cool-ish since the later Bush years, but culture hasn't been able to reach a consensus because social media has allowed cliques to solidify IMO.
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