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Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure."

Gramsci's theory of "cultural hegemony" states that the ruling capitalist "oppressor" class uses cultural institutions, such as "traditional marriage," to maintain power. The "oppressors" develop a "hegemonic culture" using [[ideology]] unlike Socialists who use [[violence]], economic force, and coercion. "Hegemonic culture" propagates its own values and norms so that they become "[[common sense]]" values and thus maintain the [[status quo]]. According to [[Wikipedia]], this "Hegemonic power is therefore used to maintain consent to the capitalist order, rather than coercive power using force" as Marxism does "to maintain order. This cultural hegemony is produced and reproduced" by the dominant Christian oppressor class "through the institutions that form the superstructure."

Somewhat analogous to the societal context of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and relevant to his tactics, the period in which Gramsci did most of his work was one in which the left had experienced  a terrible defeat. Writing from his prison cell in Fascist Italy,  Gramsci was trying to comprehend how the left had lost so much ground, and what could be done while out of power in order to to prepare for a return to leadership.  He concluded that the answer "had a lot to do with culture—religion, civil society, literature, and intellectual work." <ref>Sara Marcus (February 12, 2019) [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/buttigieg-gramsci-indiana-president What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals] The Nation, Retrieved 01/26/20</ref>

Somewhat analogous to the societal context of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and relevant to his tactics, the period in which Gramsci did most of his work was one in which [[the left]] had experienced  a terrible defeat. Writing from his prison cell in Fascist Italy,  Gramsci was trying to comprehend how the left had lost so much ground, and what could be done while out of power in order to to prepare for a return to leadership.  He concluded that the answer "had a lot to do with culture—religion, civil society, literature, and intellectual work." <ref>Sara Marcus (February 12, 2019) [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/buttigieg-gramsci-indiana-president What a Midwestern Presidential Candidate Learned From Marxist Intellectuals] The Nation, Retrieved 01/26/20</ref>

==="Progressive" faith and social gospel===

==="Progressive" faith and social gospel===