This theory is often repeated, but was never true historically, and there is little evidence to support it today.
Historically, in times of heirarchy and authority, the culture clearly eminated from the leadership. Indeed, even the arts and culture were typically sanctioned by the elite class or the government itself.
In a modern democracy, perhaps things have reversed. Still, I tend to the viewpoint that culture is downstream from politics.
Remember, we only got gay marriage because it was politically forced on us. Supposedly "superliberal" California rejected it. "Liberal" Barack Hussein Obama opposed it. Then it was forced politically and it has spread culturally like wildfire. Is that not culture following politics?
The same was true of course with forced integration, miscegenation, "civil rights", tranny bathrooms, etc. In fact, I struggle to see examples of the Andrew Breitbart claim of politics being downstream from the culture.
Walk into any room full of Christian conservative donors, and someone will say, “Politics is . . . .
www.firstthings.com
This is not the best article, but just one of the more mainstream articles google was willing to serve up on a quick search.
Again, this wasn't even true in "liberal" California, whose residents
banned gay people from marrying until the political system reversed the will of the people.
A federal judge Wednesday struck down California's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, handing opponents a key victory in a landmark case but setting the stage for the Supreme Court to likely have the final say in the matter. Updated 5:49 p.m. | Los Angeles Mayor Antonio...
www.pbs.org
If the majority accept LGBT today, it is precisely because of the political actions condoning such actions first.
If you still think politics trickles down from culture, look into Weimer Germany and how just a few years later, the most degenerate people in Europe did an about face and were doing this:
www.nbcnews.com
