“Culture wars” actually slow down the market economy while tolerance and diversity act like fertilizer, supercharging growth.
Every new culture klatch gives birth to new markets, as well as new inroads for marketing. Capitalism thrives on diversity.
This is too bad because individuals who identify with any new “minority” will not easily resist the newest, addictive products marketed at them.
When identification with a minority results in addictive consumerism, true individualism is stifled. When individuals (no matter what community they affiliate themselves with) cannot appreciate Little Dopamine because of the flood of Big Dopamine, then a Qualiadelic economy will remain as lost forever as is the drowned city of Atlantis.
It is imperative to distinguish between individual uniqueness and cultural diversity. People must celebrate their uniqueness, perhaps more than they celebrate their community. Resist the market-driven “pusher-men” and be qualiadelic!