29-05-2025
Want to understand today's culture wars? Look to the 1980s.
Why did Gen X break for Trump? The question consumed pundits following last November's election, when Xers voted disproportionately MAGA. A generation defined by grunge, Rock the Vote and Lollapalooza 1.0, inheritors of 1960s social justice movements, shouldn't have become the fire-breathing spawn of John Birchers and the Contract With America, right?