Many of the members in both parties run in districts that are going to be decided primaries, not general elections. But I always remind people of something. I think that we get this backwards. Our political process is a mirror. Our political process produces what our culture wants, not the other way around. Our politics reflects our culture. And so when we see things happening in politics, whether it's the way people talk, treat each other, express themselves or approach it, you are, in essence Reflecting back what society and culture is demanding at that moment. (10:26–10:32)
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Asserts that the political process reflects cultural demands rather than shaping them.
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