The Generational Challenge to Destroy the Leftward Drift

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Chris Rufo: I think that there actually is a point where many of these ideas will be utterly discredited again. The interesting read of the history, something that I go into great detail in the book, is that this ideology was utterly defeated by 1972. We had a period of rightward drift, certainly in the 1980s and the 1990s, even the early 2000s. These ideas though are like zombies. They can never quite be killed; they always revive themselves.

In this conversation, journalist and author Chris Rufo discusses his new book, "America's Cultural Revolution," which critiques the progressive or left-wing influence on American culture over the last 50 years. He highlights the origins of these ideas and their journey to gaining power within prestigious institutions, leading up to the George Floyd protests. He emphasizes the need for a conservative counter-revolution and the importance of engaging in both reconquering existing institutions and building new competing ones. The conversation also touches on the challenges of dealing with ideologies that have been defeated in the past but keep resurfacing. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.