<p><strong>Culture war</strong>: it’s been around way longer than Fox News raging against drag queens or <em>The Last Jedi</em>. <strong>Dorian Lynskey </strong>and<strong> Ian Dunt</strong> trace the history of the hatreds that split societies from Bismarck’s original German <em>kulturkampf</em> up to climate denial, gun fetishism, the demonisation of liberal Hollywood, and our modern hellscape of permanent outrage. The secret weapon of culture warriors? Permanent grievance in a battle they can never win.</p><p>Get next week’s episode right now, and help Ian and Dorian develop the series, when you back Origin Story on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/originstorypod</p><ul> <li><em>“Culture war is not about victory. It’s about perpetual rolling grievance.”</em></li> <li><em>“The rhetoric of culture war is absolutist. Your opponents are the absolute worst. They are morally evil and must be stopped.” </em></li> <li><em>“The Republicans manage to unhook class conflict from economics and took it to culture. Which was genius.”</em></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production and music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. <strong><em>Origin Story is a Podmasters production</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>