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The Age of Cultural Tribalism Has Begun

Do you remember when you’d walk into school in the morning, and everyone talked about the latest episode of “The Simpsons”? When the latest movie was the hot topic at work? When MTV played the same bands. When Dave Chappelle dropped a skit, and the entire country was quoting it the next day?

We played the same games. We knew the same sports. We laughed at the same jokes. We had a common sense of humor and a common idea about the world.

And then, it just went away.

What if the new trend is that trends no longer exist?

What if the defining feature of the new world is the lack of commonality? A world where we have less and less in common with those around us—communities of strangers.

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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