I think the culture war is as stupid as the next person. However, I do think that some people who decide to excuse themselves from the mainstream and operate only in heterodox communities, make the mistake of thinking the mainstream is unimportant.

One thing I’ll say about the culture warriors — in particular the more intelligent ones like say, Jordan Peterson — is they’re actually not *wrong* to understand the importance of mainstream culture and the way it pulls along our economy and politics.

It’s hard to accept this if you see the intensity of disreason, and the absurdity of the pure emotion of a lot of it. But it’s a real thing that is going to affect all of our lives, whether we like it or not. Which I think makes the culture war actually extremely important, even among those who ignore it for our own sanity.